A passage that strikes me as profound or insightful in The Looking Glass Wars is the scene where Redd kills her sister Queen Genevieve. "'Off with your head,' Redd ordered , pulling the energy bolt out of the floor. 'No!' Genevieve struggled against the stems of the roses. Her people would be abandoned to Redd. And Alyss... just a child. Redd swung the bolt hard. Genevieve's head went one way, her body another and her crown rolled along the floor liked a dropped coin." That scene was one of the most intense scenes in the entire book. It takes a lot to take a life because the knowledge of killing someone stays with that person forever, but to take the life of an immediate family member must weigh down on the person even more.
A passage that I found humorous was when Redd was training her troops to prepare to attack the Heart palace but some problems arise. "'I tell you to think black thoughts and you come up with that?!' the lieutenant had screamed. 'Is a guinea pig bad? Do you consider a guinea pig the representation of all that is evil?' 'Maybe... if it's an evil guinea pig.'” The problem with most of the troops that Redd had recruited weren't that skilled in imagination and didn't have a strong drive to do evil.
The overall theme of this book is the loss of innocence. This is expressed when Dodge sees his father, Sir Justice, murdered in front of him. "Dodge saw what was about to happen . 'Watch this,' he said to Alyss, proud of his father's skills and bravery. But the Cat had no trouble dealing with the leader of the palace guard. With the back of his hand, he knocked Sir Justice to the ground, sent the man's sword skittering across the floor and out of reach. The Cat picked up Sir Justice and swiped him with a claw. " Having his dad killed in front of him forced Dodge to grow up quickly and become a man before he was ready.
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