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Plot Summary of Through the Looking Glass
"alice continues her bewildering adventures in Wonderland by stepping through her mirror into a giant chess land, with bizarre twins, melancholy knights and irritable monarchs"
darragh o'donoghue, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Through the Looking Glass
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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - ruler
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Training/Apprent. Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding - change of heart
War or Invasion Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - feelings of a human growing up among aliens - one culture tries to impose its culture on another group

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Forests
Earth setting: - 19th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - mostly dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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