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Looking Glass Wars By frank Beddor Is the ‘true’ story of Alice and Wonderland. This book is about a princess named Alyss Heart whose life changes when her evil aunt Redd kills her mother and she gets stuck in the real world. She has to get back to Wonderland and defeat her aunt Redd who now is queen. The purpose of this paper is to talk about one of the many themes in this book. This essay will talk about In my opinion the most important theme of this book heroism.
A character that shows Heroism is Alyss. Near the end of the book when Alyss is in the Looking Glass Maze she messes up and is told she failed. (310) she then says “Failure’s not an option. She would rather have been anywhere else, but she couldn’t leave yet. Not as a failure.”(310).

This shows that she won't give up until she has the power to defeat Redd. This makes her the warrior queen everyone needs her to be. Later she battles Redd for the throne and says “‘I'm stronger than you are, Redd.’ ‘You will not defeat me!’ Redd screamed. Alyss braced herself for another attack, realizing only too late what was happening. She watched with disbelieving eyes as Redd launched herself into the Heart Crystal.”(347). By defeating Redd Alyss has become Wonderlands hero and queen.
Another character that shows heroism is Hatter Madigan.

In the beginning Queen Genevieve ask Hatter to take care of her daughter Alyss. Hatter accepts and they escape from the castle. Hatter then finds his way to the Pool of Tears, “Alyss Heart, holding tight to Hatter Madigan, plummeted toward the surface of the water below.”(71). Then Hatter loses Alyss in the Pool of Tears and spends the next 13 years trying to find her. This shows his dedication which makes him a true hero. When he finds the princess he is very surprised, “He hadn’t known what to expect when he found the princess: perhaps a young woman not quite ready to fulfil her destiny, a woman who would need convincing of her own powers, in whom the bravery of a warrior queen was not yet second nature, but he hadn’t expected this.”(176). Even though Alyss doesn't seem ready to take back the throne Hatter decides to take her back to wonderland partially because of his promise to Genevieve and partially because she’s the last

hope.
The last character that shows heroism is actually Dodge.

Even though Dodge is like the Darth Vader of this story because he feeds of vengeance and hate, he actually does some pretty heroic things. Of course most of this sprouts from his hate but he still does the good stuff so I won’t argue. While Alyss is in our world Dodge has become an awesome soldier, “Among the Alyssians, one particular soldier was making a name for himself with his growing military prowess and suicidal bravery.”(136) By the way that soldier was Dodge. Even though he trains so he can defeat The Cat, he still ends up becoming a hero. Near the end Dodge battles the cat so he can get his revenge, “The Cat jumped in front of them and Dodge plunged his sword into the beast again and again. But he seemed no less angry for it, as if his anger would remain no matter how many times he killed Redd’s vicious henchman.”(308). Even though he battles because of anger he actually helps Alyss by battling The Cat so she doesn't have to deal with him. This makes him a

hero.
In this book I talked about a big theme called heroism. The main points of this book are that a princess named Alyss Heart gets stuck in our world for 13 years. When she gets back her evil aunt Redd is queen. She reaches her full potential, fights her aunt and wins. The Importance of the theme in this book is to show what true heroism is which to help others, make sacrifices and become the leader people need you to be.