What was once lost has now been found. Another one of those sayings is; one man’s junk is another’s treasure. Elphaba found a book in the closet of the castle. It has purple pages and silver ink. Hmm… Sounds interesting. She believes that it is an encyclopaedia of magic and the spirit world. Sarima said that she did not even want the book in the first place, some man came up to the castle and told her that it was from another world and was not safe there, so she agreed to hide it. Since she had and still does not have any interest in it she allows Elphaba to read it as much as she wants.
The interesting part about this book is; the words move around the page. It is very similar to the first Harry Potter (Rowling) movie, in how the staircases move around. Is this to confuse people? Maybe?
In part six, the entire emotions of the novel change. The children are playing a friendly game of hide and seek, while trying to find Manek. They eventually find him spying on Elphaba trying to teach Chistery how to speak. Is she trying to make him into and Animal? Could the book have changed her mind about this magic information? She tries to teach him how to say spirit. After he mutters something along the lines of spit, she is very happy and impressed with him. She also mentions Doctor Dillamond and his work.
After this circus show, the entire clan goes ice skating on a nearby pond. Sarima brings up the topic of Elphaba’s magical broom. Which is ironic because Elphaba was just teaching Chistery some magical words. Elphaba refers to her broom as if it were not magical.
"I got it from an elderly maunt named Mother Yackle...."
"The old maunt said that the broom would be my link to my destiny," said Elphie. "I assume she meant that my destiny was domestic. Not magic." (Maguire 271)
Nor wants to hear the story of the Witch and the foxes again, and once Sarima is finished, Elphaba gets very defensive about the afterlife and evil. So much so that sweet Sarima mocks her by saying; “I pity the community of the afterlife when they’re asked to welcome you in. What a sour apple you always are.” (Maguire 272)
In chapter seven, - which is only a page and a half long, reveals much about the children and Elphaba’s true intentions. The children tell Liir that Elphaba is his mother. Mean little brats, that should be something that when she is ready, she should tell him herself. Liir though is confused at the thought of her as his mother. He is not the brightest of the bunch, which makes the reader wonder whether or not Elphaba did a well enough job raising him.
The children also break into Elphaba’s room and try to encourage Chistery to tell them some secrets. However their plan is foiled when he only spoke simple words that do not make sense together.
"Watch Witch," said Chistery, playing with his fingers. "Which wretch which?" (Maguire 273)
In the end Elphaba enters her room to see the children in there and kicks them out.
Throughout the novel so far the characters have been playing a lot of hide and seek, first Elphaba’s parents did not want anyone to see her, so they hid her, Elphaba stayed by herself and very quiet while she was in the Emerald City, Fiyero and Elphaba had to hide their relationship from everyone and would only get together in places where they were alone. Now the children are playing many games of hide and seek. This is also how the chapter starts off. Manek, the little punk kid that he is, encourages gullible Liir to hide in the fishing well. What a great half-brother. To make matter even worse, he leaves him all by himself in the well.
Meanwhile Elphaba lectures Sarima on her parenting skills. Sarima starts off the conversation with: “The sweet little vandals,” (Maguire 276) If that is not a contradictory… She also rebuttals back by saying that Elphaba is not also the best mother. Catfight! Luckily before anything violent happens, a sister interrupts them. New guests will be arriving tomorrow. At supper, Liir is nowhere to be found and Manek, again the little punk, does not speak up.
Chapter nine; the last chapter of this super long chapter blog, is a short chapter as well. The new guests have arrived, and guess who is with them? Nanny! (Did you think that she would ever come back?) She unknowingly spills that Elphaba’s name really is Elphaba rather than Auntie Guest. She informs them that she was only able to track down where Elphaba was because Crop, (remember him) had heard that Elphaba had served on Tibbett’s bedside while he died. She also informs everyone that the Wizard has crowned himself Emperor . (Does that sound like anyone very famous in history around 1804? Drawing a blank? The name is Napoleon, and he crowned himself Emperor.) Elphaba, being as political as she is, voiced her opinion, and surely will throughout the rest of the novel.
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.
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