What would you do if you were forced into another place? A place that was alien to you, where the customs were different? And what if you were on your own, just a child? That is what happened to Alyss Heart, princess and heir to the Wonderland throne. Frank Beddor, the author of The Looking Glass Wars, tells a tale of a woman who has to grow up away from home, lost and confused about her purpose. In The Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses figurative language to describe and characterize Alyss over the span of 13 years. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as playful, oblivious, and imaginative. Alyss likes to play pranks using different objects, including her imagination, which she has used to turn the first parachute ever made furry. (Beddor 21) Alyss also seems that she would rather do what she perceives as fun, even if it is good for humanity, as seen in the quote, “She would rather have hidden with her friend Dodge in one of the palace towers, dropping jollyjellies from an open window and watching them splat on guards below.” (Beddor 20) These tricks are never supposed to be cruel, they …show more content…
Alyss is sometimes oblivious to the world around her. When she arrives in London, Alyss sees a “gilded carriage pulled by eight horses decked out in jeweled harnesses...” (Beddor 49) Because of this, Alyss assumed this was an important person, and so when she, “caught a