Uprisings Part 6&7

In these two chapters small but large changes of roles happen. At the beginning of part six, Frex tires to take control over Elphaba and fails. Elphaba, being older and a little bit wiser is able to point out his flaws. He becomes perturbed at her when she says that she refuses to stay to help Nessa fix the mistakes she has made.

"I won't be lectured to by my daughter."

"Well, I won't be lectured by you about my everlasting duties to Nessa."(Maguire 319)

A strange pin is placed on peoples clothing. Frex explains that this is a straw man’s pin that is a pagan symbol. Frex and Elphaba then begin to discuss the past and the people they knew as she was growing up. They speak of Turtle Heart, and how he kept the family together. When their conversation ends, Elphaba is frustrated because she feels that her father love her sister and Turtle more than he loved her.

The theme of this chapter so far seems to be remembering details about the past. Elphie then goes to see her sister. She is hoping that she will help her by telling her that M. Morrible did cast a spell on them and they were sent off on a mission. Nessa denies all of the allegations.

"She tried to seduce us into a secret service for an unknown master. I'm not inventing this, Nessie."

"She knew how to get to you, obviously, by appealing to your sense of conspiracy. I don't remember such alluring nonsense." (Maguire 323)

While trying to change the subject to the treatment of the Animals, Nessa decides that sh wants to mock Elphaba by referring to a phantom soul. Meaning that Elphaba has no soul, and that is she tried just a little bit, she may feel a little something.

At this point in the chapter, Elphaba has had enough and she ends up leaving. She flew on her broom back to Kiamo Ko. On the way there, Elphaba thinks about her life, and about her political standpoint. She also thinks about the people in her life that have influenced it. For example, she thinks of M. Morrible and how she cast that spell upon her. Maybe if she had not, her life would be different? She also thinks about Yackle, the lady who gave Melena the potion that allegedly turned Elphaba green, and the remedy to keep Nessa normal as well as given Elphaba the broom. All of the people that Elphaba has met throughout her journey in this novel so far, has influenced her life in some way or another.

When Elphaba arrives home and she finds out that Sarima and her family are gone. Nanny is still there but does not know where they went. As it turns out the Gale forcers took Sarima and her family into “protection.” However, the sisters put up a fight but in the end they were taken as well. Liir is also missing, but it is unclear whether or not he is with the family or by himself somewhere.



Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.