One very important character is Elphaba. She is the daughter of Melinda and Frex. Her skin is the color green because her mother cheater on her father so therefore her green color is a curse. She also has razor sharp teeth and loves to bite things. She cannot speak yet and is generally not the most well mannered child. She reacts differently to different people; she is very interested in turtle heart though.
Why is s/he important in the novel?
She is important because she will soon become the main character; the wicked witch of the west.
Would you like to be the main character? Why or why not?
No, I would not like to be the main character because she green and everyone is scared of her. She is known as lizard child, or green frog, which are defiantly names i would not want to be called.
Would you like the main character for a friend? Give your reasons.
No, I do not think I would like the main character as a friend because she is very violent and she is green. She likes to bite and pound things with rock and she can’t even talk.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Message Minder
I think that the author is trying to convey a few messages. The first one is that you shouldn’t cheat on your husband or wife, or their will be consequences. This is shown when the Nanny asks is she cheated on her husband; she says that this could be the reason of the baby’s green color. I think the author is also trying to say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. This is shown when Nanny is talking to Gawnette and says “the baby is green, if you haven’t noticed because of her warm and gentle nature, but we know that the good people of Rush Margins will take no notice to that.
Journal # 2
1. What point of view is your story told in?
The story is told by a narrator, it is written in third person.
2. Is the point of view effective?
Yes, the point of view is effective.
3. What is one of the most important/memorable events that have happened so far? Think about that moment and re-tell it from another point of view. For example, if you were reading We All Fall Down as your Literature Circles novel you may re-write from Will’s fathers Point of View(min. 300 words)
The most important event that has happened so far is the birth Melena’s baby, which will turn out to be the wicked witch of the west. The baby is born with green skin; i think this is because Melena cheated on her husband so she is being cursed with an evil, green baby. Melena is very upset that her baby is green and evil; she finds it very hard to feel affection for the baby girl. She gets her husband Frex to go get Nanny out of retirement to help her find out what is wrong with her child. Nanny tries lots of different methods to turn the baby’s skin back to normal but fails. She suggests trying magic but this idea angers Frex and Melinda and they make her leave.
The story is told by a narrator, it is written in third person.
2. Is the point of view effective?
Yes, the point of view is effective.
3. What is one of the most important/memorable events that have happened so far? Think about that moment and re-tell it from another point of view. For example, if you were reading We All Fall Down as your Literature Circles novel you may re-write from Will’s fathers Point of View(min. 300 words)
The most important event that has happened so far is the birth Melena’s baby, which will turn out to be the wicked witch of the west. The baby is born with green skin; i think this is because Melena cheated on her husband so she is being cursed with an evil, green baby. Melena is very upset that her baby is green and evil; she finds it very hard to feel affection for the baby girl. She gets her husband Frex to go get Nanny out of retirement to help her find out what is wrong with her child. Nanny tries lots of different methods to turn the baby’s skin back to normal but fails. She suggests trying magic but this idea angers Frex and Melinda and they make her leave.
Disscusion Director
Questions for Discussion
1. How do you think the witch felt when she heard the lion and the tin man talking about her?
2. What do you think will be different then the couple expects when their baby is born?
3. What do you think will happen when the baby is born?
4. Why does the witch decide not to take the slippers when she first sees Dorothy wearing them?
5. Why does the witch listen to what the four people are talking about?
1. How do you think the witch felt when she heard the lion and the tin man talking about her?
2. What do you think will be different then the couple expects when their baby is born?
3. What do you think will happen when the baby is born?
4. Why does the witch decide not to take the slippers when she first sees Dorothy wearing them?
5. Why does the witch listen to what the four people are talking about?
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
About the Author
Best-selling author Gregory Maguire got his Ph.D. in english and american literature from Tufts University. He is a founder and co-directer of Children's Literature New England, incorperated. Its a non-profit educational charity that was started in 1987. He has three adopted children and is married to a painter; Andy Newman. He was born June 9, 1954 in Albany, United States. One of his favorite qoutes from Wicked is "People who claim they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of. "
Monday, February 2, 2009
Wicked Reviews
I'm studying the novel Wicked in english class as part of my literature circle unit.
Kirkus Reviews said "Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit -- that spot is well-deserved." Wicked does earn a spot on the shelves of classic fantasy, but so does it earn a niche alongside the best modern literary fiction. Maguire has created a truly great -- and flawed -- heroine in a novel that is a psychological analysis on one of the most "evil" characters of the twentieth century.
http://www.curledup.com/wicked.htm said "When I was a child in the early '70s, one of the Big Three networks aired the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz" with some regularity, about once a year or so. I watched it every time it was on, captivated again and again by the struggle between Dorothy's innocent "good" (ironic, given Judy Garland's eventual reputation) and the absolute "evil" of the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West."
"In early junior high school, I discovered L. Frank Baum's whole blessed series of Oz books and raced through them all. I decided that the original creation was far superior to the movie - which I now own on video, so it's still beloved to me - in delving deeper into the society of Oz and depicting in loving detail the quirkier aspects of that enchanted land. It occurs to me that Oz is a venerable ancestor of Piers Anthony's Xanth, but that strays from the point at hand.
A few years ago, I picked up a brand-new hardcover by Gregory Maguire called Wicked, purely on the basis of its subtitle: "The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." I started reading and honestly could not stop, enchanted by Oz once again, and this time from a vastly different point of view and of sympathy."
"I made this book my in-store staff recommendation twice when I was a bookseller, in hardcover and paperback, and my evident love for Wicked caused nearly half our store staff to read it for themselves. Two things we all agreed on: Wicked is one hell of a good book, and we will never look at Oz in the same way."
Kirkus Reviews said "Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit -- that spot is well-deserved." Wicked does earn a spot on the shelves of classic fantasy, but so does it earn a niche alongside the best modern literary fiction. Maguire has created a truly great -- and flawed -- heroine in a novel that is a psychological analysis on one of the most "evil" characters of the twentieth century.
http://www.curledup.com/wicked.htm said "When I was a child in the early '70s, one of the Big Three networks aired the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz" with some regularity, about once a year or so. I watched it every time it was on, captivated again and again by the struggle between Dorothy's innocent "good" (ironic, given Judy Garland's eventual reputation) and the absolute "evil" of the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West."
"In early junior high school, I discovered L. Frank Baum's whole blessed series of Oz books and raced through them all. I decided that the original creation was far superior to the movie - which I now own on video, so it's still beloved to me - in delving deeper into the society of Oz and depicting in loving detail the quirkier aspects of that enchanted land. It occurs to me that Oz is a venerable ancestor of Piers Anthony's Xanth, but that strays from the point at hand.
A few years ago, I picked up a brand-new hardcover by Gregory Maguire called Wicked, purely on the basis of its subtitle: "The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." I started reading and honestly could not stop, enchanted by Oz once again, and this time from a vastly different point of view and of sympathy."
"I made this book my in-store staff recommendation twice when I was a bookseller, in hardcover and paperback, and my evident love for Wicked caused nearly half our store staff to read it for themselves. Two things we all agreed on: Wicked is one hell of a good book, and we will never look at Oz in the same way."
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