The small but important theme in this chapter, and one that could be related throughout the novel is control. At the beginning of this chapter, Nor is in control of the men’s dormitory. She is helping ot clean it and she is also helping to take care of the men on the Gale Force. She speaks about how she brings them food, and how the one soldier ejoys it when she feeds him. He also licks her fingers when this happens. Not only that but he tries to convince her to sit on his lap so he can feed her. Luckily she says no, because she thinks that she is in control, but the reality is, if she sat down, there are many things that, that man could have done to her.
When Nor is cleaning the men’s room one day, she uses Elphaba’s broom. When she was fooling around in the room, the broom came to her as if by magic. It was incredible. Nor begins to fly it, but is stopped by Elphaba, who took control of the situation and took her broom back. Again like always she scolded Nor for touching her belongings.
Later on, when Elphaba is alone, she tries the broom out for herself, and finds that it is magic! She decides to fly throughout the night.
"She felt like a night angel" (Maguire 304)
Suddenly the pace of the chapter changes. An Arjiki trader came along and delivered the news that Nessarose had: “Orchestrated a revolt, and that Munchkinland-or most of it anyway-had seceded from Oz, and set itself up as an independent state.” (Maguire 304) Elphaba make the decision to go and pay a lovely visit to her sister in Colwen Grounds where her powerful sister now dwells. She is taking her broom there, and is leaving in the middle of the night. This way, she will be back faster.
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.
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