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    In Frank Beddor´s The Looking Glass Wars, the author puts a twist on the story of Alice in Wonderland. Beddor writes the tale from the perspective of Alyss, the princess of Wonderland who had to escape her queendom when her evil aunt Redd attacks the palace. She ends up alone in the middle of England taken in by the Liddles until she returns to Wonderland with Dodge Anders to reclaim the throne. When these changes were made to the story, real significance was provided with meaningful themes throughout the book. For example, the will to live is evident in Alyss, Dodge, and Redd. One character with the will to live is Alyss. Once Alyss had returned to Wonderland, Redd was alerted and ordered her glass eyes to kill everyone in the Alyssian camp.…

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    In ¨Looking Glass Wars¨by Frank Beddor, the story of Alice in Wonderland gets a bit hectic. In the story, Alyss Heart, who is the princess of Wonderland, is planning to have an amazing birthday; but it didn't go as planned. Her evil Aunt Redd has an extensive line of hate towards her sister; Queen Genevieve. So, Alyss is forced to leave the Queendom, and live a normal life in London. Alyss, Eventually, comes and takes back what is hers from her Aunt Redd. When Frank Beddor put his twist on the…

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    How do rites of passages change a person and their life? Rites of passages are what changes a person or even make them more wise, therefore, it can help find a person’s real self. In literature, many authors use these to demonstrate how a person changes through a novel. Through the novel, The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, also used this technique. In The Looking Glass Wars, he uses rites of passages to portray how Alyss Heart’s character changes throughout the book. In the beginning of…

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    The Looking Glass War, written by John Le Carré, is a spy fiction novel that takes place in the early 1960s. An obsolete British military intelligence organization, known as “The Department,” comes across information that assumes the Russians have placed missiles along the West Germany border, and this is seen as a direct threat to Great Britain. The Department, without sufficient resources and staffed by former military intelligence officers left over from World War II, pays a civilian…

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    Alyss In Wonderland In The Looking Glass Wars Beddor used detail, to revealed a purpose In the beginning of the novel Alyss is characterized as gifted,ravishing,and pure. Alyss is gifted because she has the strongest imagination in wonderland “Imagination was an important part of life in wonderland” so that reminded Queen Genevieve about Redd because she also had the strongest imagination when she was about Alyss’s age (Beddor 13).Alyss is ravishing because the wonderlanders could recognize…

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    In Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars Beddor creates his own take on the original Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Following a civil war, the Wonderlanders have reached peace. That is until a vicious threat to wonderland has returned. Queen Genevieve’s older sister Redd. Throughout the book there are many themes. But one stood out. Facing reality is hard to do, especially in the cases of Alyss, Dodge, and Genevieve. BOOM! Starting from the battle inside the palace, with dodge realizing…

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    Stranded in another world, how would you feel? Stranded without anyone you know, no friends and no family just strangers that treat you coldly and do not believe that where you come from is a real place. This is what had happened to Alyss Heart, a poor 7 year-old little girl. This book will tell you all about how this event had changed Alyss’ life forever and affected her life in her other world. In The Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses imagery and Alyss’ actions to reveal how she changes…

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    In Frank Beddor’s novel “The looking glass wars”, the author uses many different conflicts to characterize Alyss. At the beginning of the story, Alyss is lovable. This can be seen when she is around wonderlanders. After entering the Pool of Tears, Alyss becomes admirable, which can be noted when she cares for people in a lower status than her. Upon entering the Looking Glass Maze, Alyss develops into a fierce character by standing up to Redd. Each conflict in “The Looking Glass Wars” furthers…

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    girl Alice spelled like A.L.I.C.E instead of A.L.Y.S.S because it more normal. The author uses rites of passage to reveal how Alyss changes as a character in throughout the whole story. In the book The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor made a character named Alyss that goes on a rather exciting journey... In the beginning of the novel,Alyss is characterized as bored easily,immature,and spoiled. Alyss is a young girl with a huge imagination and loves to play now here are some…

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    In Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars, Princess Alyss is daughter of Queen Genevieve. While in the castle, the evil Queen Redd, attacked and Redd’s assassin cat chased them to the pool of tears. Hatter and Alyss jump in and are transported to the real world but in different places. Hatter searches all over for her but only finds a way back to wonderland and goes to an Alyssian camp. They go back for her years later and find her at a wedding and then the cat attacks but they bring her back to…

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