Beddor: A Brief Summary

In the beginning of the novel, young Princess Alyss is characterized as a mischievous, oblivious, and frightened girl. Alyss states “‘ It’d be more fun if it had fountains of water coming out of it.’ Alyss said, and immediately the hoop was spurting water from tiny holes all along its surface, the surprised inventor still wiggling to keep it going round and round” (Beddor 21). This shows Alyss is mischievous and likes to prank. She also has a very creative imagination. Alyss enjoys shenanigans and often gets herself in trouble. Alyss declares “‘He’s late’” she then continues to say “‘I don’t know why he had to make a trip so close to my birthday’” the narrator then says “ There were reasons, as the queen well knew” (Beddor 21). Alyss does
She is infuriated, upset, and desperate. Alyss is infuriated when “Dodgeson at last presented her with a copy of the book during a picnic of cold chicken and salad along the river Cherwell” Beddor then continues to write “she discovered that it had little to do with her and that he had purposely twisted everything into nonsense” Alyss then thinks “How could he? A vicious joke!” the narrator notes “anger filled her to the tips of her fingers (Beddor 89). Alyss is horribly upset when this happens. She knows now that no one will believe her. Alyss doesn’t want to accept that she is not a princess in the real world. Beddor writes “The blood roared in her veins and suddenly she was ripping the drawings of Heart Palace off her walls a fisitful at a time, tearing them into confetti.” Alice then has the following thoughts “ No more. Erase it all. I will not longer by odd Alyss. Odd Alyss must die. (Beddor 89). This is a big turning point in the book because this is when Alice starts changing and conforming to the real world. She starts wearing English clothes and stops attempting to use her white imagination. At this point Alice has become desperate and is willing to do anything in order to be ordinary. Alice is proposed to by Prince Leopold, she accepts his proposal and says “I accept Leopold” she then “let herself be kissed, feeling the coolness of dusk settle in around her” (Beddor 98). Alice was