Perseverance In The Looking Glass Wars

The Looking Glass Wars written by Frank Beddor re-tells the story of Alice in Wonderland. Instead of Alice living in London and then traveling to Wonderland, Alice lives in Wonderland and arrives in London due to the invasion of her evil Aunt Redd. Eventually, Alice will return to Wonderland. Once back, she will take upon her full imaginative ability and rid Redd from the queendom and reclaiming her throne. Beddor did a great job changing the story, and more importantly the book becomes significant due to the addition of many meaningful themes. One of these themes is perseverance and is shown through the characters Alyss Heart, Hatter Madigan, and Dodge Anders.

One character who shows perseverance in this story is Alyss Heart. She is forced to leave the from the Queendom due to the invasion of her evil Aunt Redd. The Queendom’s defenses could not overpower her and in order for to have time to escape her mother had to stay behind. Therefore, Hatter and Alyss quickly “jumped into the looking glass. Genevieve smashed the glass with her scepter and turned to face Redd” (66). Later they realized that the cat, a cruel servant of Redd’s, was following after them in full
After the invasion of Redd, when his father was killed and Alyss presumed dead, he returns to bury his father and stands in the place in which the “two greatest loves of his life had been, [and now] he was faced with nothing, blankness” (95). Despite this Dodge joined the resistance and became a man of vengeance. He had nothing else to do but fight back. He was never able to move past his father’s death yet, he was “only fourteen years old but fighting like a grown man” (137). This shows that Dodge was preserving through his feelings. However, this does not mean his attitude was in the right place. But, he did serve and he did make the best of what he had. He put his life on the line for the Queendom, for White Imagination, and for