I need help! Is she Evil, or just Fate? Is Yackle the Kumbric Witch? Elphaba seems to have sucessfully resisted the spell put on the three girls by Morrible - at least, she never becomes the Adept of Munckinland. Are we to assume that the other two succumb to the spell? Is the author saying that even if we resist evil, we still become evil? Or, am I reading too much into this book?
Is it just an adult retelling of The Wizard of Oz, without any deeper meaning? Is there a philosopher in the house? What are the rewards of being so different, and what are the drawbacks? What are the theories that Maguire sets out? Is Elphaba evil? Are her actions evil? Is there such a thing as evil, a free-floating power in the universe like time or gravity? Or is evil an attribute of the actions of human beings?
Hint: Turn to pages and for scenes that will draw you into the conversation. Discuss the importance of the Clock of the Time Dragon. Does the Clock simply reflect events, or does it shape them? Why is it significant that Elphaba was born inside it? That Turtle Heart was killed by it? What revelations does it offer to Elphaba and the reader when she reencounters it at the end of the book?
After returning to the farm where he has made his home with Candle, he finds Candle gone but a little green baby in her stead. Political tensions have escalated.
Munchkinland has seceded from Oz and now refers to itself as the Free State of Munchkinland. They have access to the great Restwater Lake, and Oz is dependent on Munchkinland for their water due to the epic drought. The mysterious Emperor who has succeeded Glinda uses cruelty and might to try to sway the Munchkins and to take over the Quadling Country. Liir confirms that he is indeed the spawn of Elphaba when he is able to wield her broomstick and the Grimmerie when no one else can.
He wears her cloak as well. Yackle appears mysteriously throughout this novel as well. Elphaba has been elevated to martyr status among the rebels and outcasts of Oz. As well she should be, because girlfriend is a bad-ass. Liir: Our protagonist-- an irresolute, handsome, bisexual boy who eventually grows into a steadfast and heroic young man. Trism bon Cavalish: A well-born member of the Home Guard who specializes in animal husbandry.
He proves quite skilled at training dragons and is chagrined to discover that they are being used to attack the innocent.
He helps Liir with a plot to destroy the dragons and they embark on a brief romantic relationship. Brr, the Cowardly Lion, encounters Yackle at the cloistered mauntery where Elphaba once lived and where Liir was born. Yackle agrees to tell him what he wants to know if Brr will tell her his life story. Brr discusses his childhood as a lion cub in the forest, his time in the towns of Traum and Shiz, his attempts to fit in with various lion and tiger prides, and his adventure with Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and Liir.
Yackle in turn tells her story of being born of nothing and how she is strangely drawn to guiding Elphaba to her true fate. As their night of palaver draws to a close, Brr escapes the mauntery and evades the Emerald City forces by leaving with the traveling troupe that guards the Clock of the Time Dragon. Brr is working for the Ozian government to locate the Grimmerie, mostly to get out of trouble for being accused as a Munchkinland collaborationist. Or a loyal government spy, either.
Yackle, an ancient crone from time out of mind, is holed up in the mauntery, hoping to die. She makes a brief appearance in Out of Oz. After leaving Mockbeggar Hall, Rain and the others consult the Grimmerie and are faced with a illustration of Yackle, indicating that they go South.
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