Frank Beddor Essays

do people go through conflicts? When people go through conflicts they change and they become better people. Every character has a chance to make something out of their conflict and the reader sees this in the novel. In The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, he shows that Alyss goes through many conflicts, and how it changes her as a person. Alyss goes through conflicts to help make her stronger and grow as a person. In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as childish, kind, and Loveable

from Front to Back Have you ever wondered why people change? Some people change because they don’t like what they see or hear about themselves. Most people however change because if they don’t they will not survive. In The Looking Glass Wars by Beddor many things are changing. Alyss demonstrates how many times somepeople have to change just to satisfy someone else. In the beginning of the novel Alyss is ingenious, mischievous, and naive. Alyss is a princess who can use her powerful imagination

The authors George Orwell and Frank Beddor seem to have a similar perspective on society and choose to portray it in their books as well. The books that seem to be sewn with the similar messages are Animal Farm, and The Looking Glass Wars. For Animal Farm, it is an Allegory of the Russian revolution and George Orwell has a bleak and theme of corruption woven in it. Meanwhile, the Looking Glass Wars Author, Frank Beddor, also seems to portray that power corrupts and the surrounding people in a dystopian

rites of passage such as birth, marriage, prom, etc. Rites of passage are can often be found in literature such as Katniss Everdeen and Harry Potter. Another major one is Alyss from the Looking Glass Wars becoming more mature. In Looking Glass Wars Beddor uses rites of passage to convey Alyss becoming more mature in preparation to become a queen. At the beginning of the novel, the author portrays Alyss as a creative yet bratty princess who loves to play around with people, yet does not seem to know

In Frank Beddors’ The Looking Glass Wars, the story we all know and love is turned upside down and spun around. In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland we see a young girl from London that fell down a rabbit’s hole into a wonderful world that she had never seen before. In Beddors’ story, we see that Alyss is the princess of Wonderland and is forced out of the queendom. She grows up in England only to be rescued by an old friend. When they returned Alyss takes down her evil aunt Redd and reclaims her

Charlemagne When the Frankish King Pepin the Short passed away, his kingdom was divided between his two sons, Carloman, and Charlemagne also referred to as Charles the Great. When Carloman died, Charlemagne became the sole ruler. He spent the early part of his regime on military campaigns which expanded his kingdom. He extended his dominance to the south, conquering the regions of Italy and to the north, conquering Spain. The immense territories in which Charlemagne ruled over became known as the

The sources come from "excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum" which is talking about the chronicle of Kings of England that was written in about 1125. The English historian, William of Malmesbury emphasized both William and Harold here as the great and powerful leaders. These sources display the Battle of Hastings as the image of Normans and William. Excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum clarifies the battle which had started with the Conquest of Normans by the king of William. It is obvious that "

Goodness, devotion, obligingness, equality, and valiance all depict the characteristics a perfect legend would have. In the sonnet Beowulf, there is one character who conveys all and a greater amount of these expressed qualities, and that character is in reality the hero known as Beowulf. All through the sonnet Beowulf kills massive animals that appear to be not of this present reality and, in truth, Beowulf epitomizes the qualities of the perfect and immaculate legend. It begins off with King Hrothgar

The Song of Roland is an epic about a battle between Christians and Pagans. Pagans were anybody that wasn’t Christian. This battle takes place in Rencesvals on August 15, 778. This was a battle that lost the lives of tens of thousands of men. Few people came out of this alive. In the Song of Roland it mainly focuses on Roland and Oliver. Readers don’t really find much out about anyone during the battle but Roland, Oliver (Roland’s best friend), and King Charlemagne. After years and years of the story

The reign of Charlemagne was full of wars and invasions (Bauer). He was half king of the Frankish empire while his brother Carloman was in control of the other half. Charlemagne who was also known as, “Charles the Great”, king of the Franks reigned from approximately (742-814). He was a strong leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the church(Boussard). With his strong belief in the need for education among the Frankish people, his ambition was to bring about

“The Destruction of Louvain,” by Professor Leon van der Essen, is an eight page Belgian judicial report, published in 1923, but most likely written in late 1914 following the sack of Louvain, Belgium by German forces. The report chronicles the events starting from the initial German entry into Louvain on August 19, 1914 to the conclusion of the incident on August 25, 1914. Essen attempts to approach his report from a subjective point of view, including quotations from Louvain civilians, German troops

Maestro Frank loaded his clippers, rake and hoe into his old red wheelbarrow. Today was the day to tackle the spring cleanup around the lake. Winter brought a lot of trash and deadfall to the lakeshore and Frank figured it would take all day to get it cleaned up. Frank pushed the wheelbarrow out of the barn into the spring sunshine, and headed down the path towards the lake. As he crested the hill, he took in the view of the lake nestled in the valley. It was surrounded by budding willow and oak

a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from A.D. 768 to 814. His goal was to become powerful enough so that he could bring together all germanic people into one kingdom and convert them into Christianity. In 771, he became King of the Franks (a germanic tribe) after his father who was the past ruler had passed away. At first his brother Carloman (751-771) also got a share of the kingdom after their father died, but Charlamagne ultimately took over after his brother too died. Charlemagne

Kim de Greef Dr. Petrovich Humanities Midterm Mandatory Question #1: I believe in my personal opinion, that it was not ethical for Charlemagne to force people to become Christians. But, on his standpoint, I believe that he was trying to do the right thing. In lecture the professor discussed that Charlemagne started out as a Barbadian, until he decided to convert to Christianity. Charlemagne had such a big impact that some people still even call him “The Father of Europe”. When I first heard about

A Most Violent Conversion The conversion of Saxony proved to be the fiercest clash of religious conversion Charlemagne had to endure. In many years of war, both sides become increasingly agitated with one another and consistently fail to gain ground in their religious interests. The Saxons were “forgetful of their entire faith and treaty [and] were unwilling to remain in peace.” Because of the “evil nature” of the Saxons, Charlemagne was often widely upheld as a righteous king who was justified

The Carefully Crafted Legend: Einhard’s distortions in The Life of Charlemagne Einhard’s The Life of Charlemagne is a famous biography that provides a firsthand account of the deeds and character of Charles the Great. Einhard was a close contemporary to Charlemagne and his court, with Walahfrid Strabo’s preface describing how there “was almost no one else among the many officials of the king’s majesty to whom the king . . . . Entrusted so many secrets.” Despite Einhard’s seemingly well researched

originates from the word papa, like the pope. The papacy and the European monarch didn’t really get along. This is because pope Gregory VII excommunicated Henry IV, or the holy roman emperor. CHARLEMAGNE Charlemagne became the kings of the Franks

freedom from the outside world were all common feelings in the Secret Annex. For months mental and physical illness could be felt deeply. There was no time for leisure or having a childhood with fear of the fear of the Nazis coming to take either the Frank or Van Daan family. Nor talking, walking, or even using the toilet were permitted. Every day in the Annex was a bore for Anne since she was no longer able to express herself. The time between 1942 and 1944 made everyone question what lay ahead for

Patrick Geary starts his innovative study with, “The Germanic World was perhaps the greatest and most enduring creation of Roman political and military genius” (Geary, 1988, vi). Clovis, King of the Franks, constructed this Germanic World with distinct Roman influence. Throughout his study, Geary argues that Clovis is a complex mixture of both Frankish and Roman traditions. This mixture would lead to the foundation of a powerful Germanic dynasty, the ultimate creation of France, and a western civilization

Europe= why barbarian means uncivilized and cruel). Ostrogoths established a kingdom in Italy that eventually fell to imperial troops, which left Northern Italy left defenseless -Because of this, the Lombards came in and established their own kingdom Franks entered the Roman province of Gaul (which included France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland and Germany), and conquered all by 534 6th century; There was no more Roman structure of