This section of this chapter had a main theme. This being: secrets. There were many of them within this chapter and ultimately throughout the entire book. The largest being; Elphaba’s true intentions of her purpose of being in the Emerald City. Obviously this is no secret to the reader because it is mentioned throughout her life, but it is a secret to the characters in the novel.
In this chapter alone, there are many secrets. The main secret being, Liir is Elphaba and Fiyero’s son. This makes him, Samira, Nor, Manek and Irji’s half-brother, and son. What? What do you mean he’s my brother? By the way that Elphaba is treating him though, is almost as if she never wanted him. She treats him with little respect. She does not even tell him who his father is let alone that he is dead! What a horrible mother. This story is very similar to the plot line of the television show The Lying Game in the sense that the children are not told who their parents are. The situations are different, being that the main characters in the television show are adopted and not given information about their birth mother, and Liir, has not even bothered asking or putting in the effort to finding any answers about his past and where he came from.
Another example of a secret is; the broom. There is a mention of the magic broom, and Liir denies to tell the other boys about it because it is a secret.
“I can’t tell it’s a secret”
“Is it still a secret if we push you off the tower?” (Maguire 251)
It is obvious that someone has told Liir not to tell anyone about the magic broom. Is it possible that Elphaba cast a spell onto Liir?
"The Lying Game (TV Series 2011) - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Alloy Entertainment. Web. 06 Nov. 2011. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798274/>.
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.
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