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Alyss Character Analysis

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The development of Alyss as she matures through the story In the beginning of the novel Alyss is characterized as childish & immature.

“ Will you be my king Dodge?” said Alyss “If it pleases you princess” he said trying to be nonchalant. Alyss is being ignorant and oblivious of how real life could be a real problem when you 're living in your imagine. Alyss is already thinking she is older than she actually is because people at her age don 't make those decisions. Alyss said “I’ll just imagine i know everything then i will” She thinks everything can happen for her in one fail swoop but she 's going to need to learn and soon. Alyss declared “I wish to be queen for a day”. Imagination can blur what you want and what you need …show more content…

With people not believing anymore about Alyss still being alive the people succumb to black imagination. “She hurried out to the balcony, it couldn’t have been him. The man with scars. It couldn’t have. He didn’t exist”. [Beddor pg.116], Alyss thinks that nothing in her childhood existed & was only make belief but she’ll soon figure out that she thought wrong or [imagined] wrong… sorry… bad puns. If i were Alyss i would be thinking the same thing after 13 years of thinking it didn’t exist. “Who’s to say it wasn’t I that lost you so many years ago” [Beddor pg.127], Alyss has matured and Grown a bit for the last 13 years & She really came to terms quite quickly after everything was happening so fast. “ I don’t care about Redd or the Heart crystal! I want us all to be together again! I want my family back! I want my family back!” [Beddor 166]. She now …show more content…

Ever since she was a little girl in wonderland, She thought of everything as fun and games. now coming back, Alyss has realized that this is all real and her family and her surroundings have all changed which are not what they used to be. “There was little he could teach to Alyss Heart that life experiences haven’t already taught her”[Beddor 189]. She has learned so much about life and even a life outside of her world, Bibwit may only be able to teach her how to hone her imagination ability, other than that she knows the rest. After 13 years Alyss has matured enough to learn many things, life skills, common sense, and most of all intelligence. What i 'm trying to say here is that what she had been learning outside of wonderland may have been just enough to teach her a lot of things…[maybe even becoming queen]. “Hatter if you need time for personal matters, you may certainly have it. your leave is granted” “Thank you Queen Alyss” [Beddor 192]. Alyss has also become a loyal, giving, deserving, understanding Queen after maturity kicked in. with Alyss’s maturity increasing so does her understanding level. Becoming an adult has done many things for Alyss [mostly maturity but I digress] with the

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