Where is Alyss Now? Would it be nice to live in perfect world? If humans did, we would not go through rites of passages, or in other words we would not become a different person. Many novels in this era have many rites of passages explained throughout the books, stated in quotes. Frank Beddor, author of The Looking Glass Wars explains through his writings that everyone goes through rites of passages and no one lives a perfect life. Beddor explains through many of his characters such as Alyss, daughter of Queen Genevieve that rites of passages can change the character's life in many ways.
In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as arrogant, immature, and loving. Beddor writes “I won’t need any lessons, Alyss said. I’ll just imagine that I know everything and …show more content…
Beddor quotes this to illustrate that she is acting arrogant or better than everyone else. Alyss thinks she is already ready to be queen, but quickly figures out she is not. He also states “ At the sight of Bibwit, Alyss shouted, “RUN!” But the scholarly albino was pretty fast and would have caught up to them in no time if his robe hadn’t sprouted fluorescent feathers of a tuttle bird, ballooned around him, and lifted him into the air….. This was not how Alyss should have been using her imagination and she knew it” (Beddor 33). Alyss is still acting immature and obviously not ready to be Queen of Wonderland. She still has not figured out how to use her imagination for mostly good. Bibwit seems to think this is a problem because the older she gets, the more she is starting to resemble her Aunt Redd when she was Alyss’
In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as arrogant, immature, and loving. Beddor writes “I won’t need any lessons, Alyss said. I’ll just imagine that I know everything and …show more content…
Beddor quotes this to illustrate that she is acting arrogant or better than everyone else. Alyss thinks she is already ready to be queen, but quickly figures out she is not. He also states “ At the sight of Bibwit, Alyss shouted, “RUN!” But the scholarly albino was pretty fast and would have caught up to them in no time if his robe hadn’t sprouted fluorescent feathers of a tuttle bird, ballooned around him, and lifted him into the air….. This was not how Alyss should have been using her imagination and she knew it” (Beddor 33). Alyss is still acting immature and obviously not ready to be Queen of Wonderland. She still has not figured out how to use her imagination for mostly good. Bibwit seems to think this is a problem because the older she gets, the more she is starting to resemble her Aunt Redd when she was Alyss’