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Conflicts In Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars
What would happen if we lived in a place with no problems or conflicts? There would be almost no harm or controversy, but their would also be no ideas or turn of events. However, in the world we live in there are conflicts that present ideas and common solutions. In The Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses conflicts and descriptive details to reveal how Alyss changes throughout the novel.
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Alyss in the beginning of the novel is characterized as troublesome, powerful, and arrogant. As the narrator states in the novel, “She would rather have hidden with her friend Dodge...dropping jolly-jellies from an open window watching them splat on the guards below” (Beddor, 11). As the quote from the novel demonstrates, she is very troublesome and

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