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Themes In Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars
In Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars Alyss in Wonderland Frank Beddor turned the story around. Frank Beddor put the story into what Alyss’s view. Alyss the princess of Wonderland had to escape Wonderland when her Aunt Redd is trying to take over the queendom. When Alyss went through the pool of tears she got teleported to England and she had to try and find a way to get back to Wonderland a take back what she was going to be from Redd. Frank Beddor provided useful themes in the book such as “stand up what you believe in. This theme is relevant to Alyss becasue she got into fights telling people that wonderland is real. This theme is also relevant to Dodge because at age 10 he is a guardsman for Alyss.

A character who stands up for what they believe
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Alyss Heart, holding tight to Hatter Madigan, plummeted toward the surface of the water below.”
Hatter is standing up for what he believes in because he believes in protecting Alyss and he did by jumping into the pool of tears to get away from the cat. “He planned to canvass the streets, search every lane and alley for the princess before moving on to another town or city.” Hatter Madigan is still standing for what he believes in because he is still trying to search everywhere to protect Alyss although he has no clue where Alyss could be. Many character in Frank Beddor’s Looking Glass Wars stand up for what they believe in. Alyss stands up for what she believes in because she got into fight for wonderland and did claim her throne. Dodge stood up for what he believe in because he protecting Alyss as a little kid and bury his father. Finally Hatter Madigan stood up for what he believed in because he was protecting Alyss from Redd and the Cat and was trying to find in a completely different place. This theme is significant because it shows the readers what people in the book really needed and what they wanted to fight

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