The Looking Glass Wars | Mind Map

VALERIA AGUILAR TL

THE CONTENTS

literary genre

A mix of Fantasy and realistic fiction

Plot

Alyss Heart is Wonderland's princess. In herqueendom imagination is the main source ofpower. She's turning seven when her evil aunt Reddbreaks in her palace disturbing the peace ofwonderlanders, and robbing her mother's reign.She's forced to flee Wonderland entering our worldand meeting new people such as Queen Victoria'syoungest son, Leopold, or famous author CharlesDodgson. In the meantime, her fellow citizens backin Wonderland are planning a rebellion againstRedd. They hope they'll see Alyss again as theleader of their rebellion. To do it successfully Alysswill have to cross the looking Glass Maze.

climax

Hatter Madigan informs in Wonderland thatAlyss is alive. Alyss goes back to Wonderland.Everyone's plan.

Physical and psychological description ofcharacters

Main characters

Alyss: she's a beautiful girl &quot;she was going togrow into a beautiful girl&quot; p. 123. In our worldshe was called &quot;Odd Alice&quot; p. 149. But later shebecame &quot;a thoughtful, well-read young woman,with opinions on a variety of topics&quot; p.163.

Dodge: Alyss' childhood best friend. She laterfell in love and saw him as a &quot;handsome andbrave and kind and intelligent&quot; p. 112 with&quot;almond-shaped eyes, a nose that hadprobably been broken more than once, anddusty, disheveled hair&quot; p.192.

Hatter Madigan: Alyss' and her mother'sbodyguard. He's one of &quot;Wonderland'selite security force&quot; always &quot;stoic andalert&quot; p. 22.

Queen Redd: Alyss' evil aunt. she's full of &quot;hurtand resentment&quot; p.55 towards her parents andher sister. She was isolated for being a &quot;badgirl&quot;p.55

secondary characters

Queen Genevieve and king Nolan: Alyss'parents and queen and king of Wonderland.The queen was fair and cared for her people,she &quot;ruled her queendom judiciously, withcare for the well-being of her people&quot; p.10.As for king Nolan, &quot;he loved his wife&quot;p. 18and was a caring father.

Bibwit Harte: Alyss' and every other queen ofWonderland before her's mentor. He &quot;was analbino, seven feet tall, with bluish green veinspulsing visibly beneath his skin, and ears a bitlarge for his head&quot; p.21. &quot;He was ratherintelligent, but he had the habit of talking tohimself&quot;p. 21.

The Cat: A &quot;face act-like, with a flat pink nose,whiskers, and slobbery fangs&quot;p.50, it was&quot;Redd's top assassin, part human, part feline.&quot;p.50

Time and setting

Wonderland

Victorian England

France

Around 1800's

FANK BEDDOR

lives in LA. I wasn't able to find is birthdate.

2006 after having been an athlete andactor. Modern author.

Best known for the Alyss of Wonderland trilogy

inspired by the classic world of Alice inWonderland by Lewis Carroll.

THE BOOK AS AN OBJECT

Covers

front cover

circular golden symbol

title and author

desert

wide castle

flying creatures

back cover

mushrooms

grass and sky

Outlook and layout

hard cover

lilac, blue, golden, beige

robust book

56 chapters

2004 (UK) 2006 (US)

MY WORK RESOURCES

http://www.lookingglasswars.com/lgw_books/lgw_books_fs.html

https://prezi.com/rnswqgwgzju5/the-looking-glass-wars/

http://lookingglasswars.wikia.com/wiki/The_looking_glass_wars

MY PERSONAL OPINION

what I liked

explanation of the book Alice's Adventures inWonderland.

Excellent narrative

Catchy descriptive style

the characters

what I disliked

love story not developed

Mad Hatter's attitude changed.

Recommendation

fantasy, action and moral

style

reality mixed with fantasy

MEANING

Author's style

figurative language

personification: &quot;The dandelion's petals movedand from the bud at it's center came a thinvoice&quot; p. 104

Simile: &quot;her skin like smooth, unblemishedivory&quot;p.190

Imagery:&quot;looking glass halls that branched andsnaked into the distance, past mirrored alcovesand dead ends.&quot;p.301

omniscient point of view

Foreshadow: &quot;How could he have known thatthe precautionary measures he was about totake would prove useless, that it was alreadytoo late?&quot;p.46

Frame story: p.155 Hatter's legend

symbolism: the looking glasses.

Message

First, an entertaining propose, then deepreflection about values. Also, the author wantsto propose a what if? It's a narration that bringsthe myth of Alice one step closer to reality,

Tone

Serious tone even thought there's fantasy in it.