Now that we can all sleep sound tonight knowing that Liir is fine, and that he is going to live - at least for a little bit longer, it is time to make a prediction about next chapter.
With a cloth wrapped tightly around head, and a table set out in front with a argyle print and a crystal ball placed directly in the middle. Tapping long fingernails together
I see Elphaba going through a large change. Presumably a parental change. After the way she treated her son she needs to clean up her act otherwise FACS is going to take him away. There also is going to be a shift in time. Most likely a few years in the future. There are also going to be new characters that are introduced into Elphaba’s life. They will not play a large role, but will have an influence on her behaviour.
Exit psychic
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.
Sunday, 6 November 2011
The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko Part 10
The theme of this final section of the chapter if magic. There were many magical instances that happen within the chapter. First off the sisters begin to speak of Elphaba’s name. They believe that is has something to do with Saint Aelphaba of the Waterfall. They begin to tell her story. To make it short, she ate grapes, went behind the water fall, and woke up a century later. Then she did it again. When she went into town, all the boys gawked at her.
Nor and Irji bust in just at the best part, but their news is way more important the origin of a name. They have found Liir, and he is still at the bottom of the well. Poor Liir. They also think that he is dead. As it turns out Chistery was the one to find him. Good monkey.
Manek one of the people there make some interesting and fully false accusations about Liir wanting to go into the well. (What a punk brat kid!) When they get him out of the well, the sisters want Elphaba to use spells to awake him. However in a time of crisis, just as everyone else, Elphaba panics. (This is also known as the fight or flight tactic.) Elphaba does not use spells, so Nanny convinces her to do CPR, which is a blessing, because Liir awakens. A disappointing part of this chapter is when everyone finds out that Liir has no fixed place to sleep. (In Canada, that is the definition of homeless.)
After this confrontation, Elphaba begins to think about the life choices that she has made. She tough about lies and about death, which is one of the themes for this chapter, and she thought about something that Sarima told her; hot anger and cold anger.
“Warm and cold anger working together to make a fury, a fury worthy enough to use as a weapon against the old things that still needed fighting” (Maguire 286)
She also thinks about how warm and cold making an icicle, which could be used as a weapon. As it turns out, the specific icicle that she was fixated on, had dropped right that moment and drove right through Manek’s head killing him instantly.
“Liir survived, but Manek did not.” (Maguire 286)
The theme in this section of the novel is death. It is prevalent during the entire book, but mostly in this chapter. First off, Elphaba’s mother had died, as well as Ama clutch, Doctor Dillamond, Tibbett, and Fiyero. Now in this chapter, the sisters are speaking of an everlasting goddess, that has not died, meanwhile Liir is on his death bed. He has almost drowned and luckily is saved at the last minute. This chapter also mentions in the last paragraph of the book - and the paragraph is only five lines long, speak out about how Elphaba used magic, without knowing, to send an icicle to kill Manek. It had worked and now he is dead.
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.
Nor and Irji bust in just at the best part, but their news is way more important the origin of a name. They have found Liir, and he is still at the bottom of the well. Poor Liir. They also think that he is dead. As it turns out Chistery was the one to find him. Good monkey.
Manek one of the people there make some interesting and fully false accusations about Liir wanting to go into the well. (What a punk brat kid!) When they get him out of the well, the sisters want Elphaba to use spells to awake him. However in a time of crisis, just as everyone else, Elphaba panics. (This is also known as the fight or flight tactic.) Elphaba does not use spells, so Nanny convinces her to do CPR, which is a blessing, because Liir awakens. A disappointing part of this chapter is when everyone finds out that Liir has no fixed place to sleep. (In Canada, that is the definition of homeless.)
After this confrontation, Elphaba begins to think about the life choices that she has made. She tough about lies and about death, which is one of the themes for this chapter, and she thought about something that Sarima told her; hot anger and cold anger.
“Warm and cold anger working together to make a fury, a fury worthy enough to use as a weapon against the old things that still needed fighting” (Maguire 286)
She also thinks about how warm and cold making an icicle, which could be used as a weapon. As it turns out, the specific icicle that she was fixated on, had dropped right that moment and drove right through Manek’s head killing him instantly.
“Liir survived, but Manek did not.” (Maguire 286)
The theme in this section of the novel is death. It is prevalent during the entire book, but mostly in this chapter. First off, Elphaba’s mother had died, as well as Ama clutch, Doctor Dillamond, Tibbett, and Fiyero. Now in this chapter, the sisters are speaking of an everlasting goddess, that has not died, meanwhile Liir is on his death bed. He has almost drowned and luckily is saved at the last minute. This chapter also mentions in the last paragraph of the book - and the paragraph is only five lines long, speak out about how Elphaba used magic, without knowing, to send an icicle to kill Manek. It had worked and now he is dead.
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.
Improv Status
The final section of this chapter is most likely very important to this section of the book. It indicates that a change is coming and a possible time/setting change as well.
In this next section of the book I am looking forward to exploring how the relationship between Elphaba and Nanny have changed. Elphie is no longer a child, in fact she has her own child, so there will be a shift in their relationship.
I am also really curious as to what happened to Liir. The last that we heard of him, he was stuck in a well. Is he still there? I really hope not. He could have drowned or died of starvation. If he is still down there, one thing is for sure, his fingers will look like raisins.
Instead of answering a question or multiple, I thought that I would relate this status role change to a real life example. After-school I partake in a drama club called; Commotion. The purpose of this is to improve our way into creating a show that is a piece of art. We enact many different activities and the outcome of many , we sponsor, meaning we choose our favourite, and the ones we would like to see in the final show, and relate our show from there. In one of the activities, we had to choose a pose and another person would begin an improve scene. I was chosen as the person who would begin the scene. With my partner on the ground I felt as though I should have high status and chose the role of a police officer who just shot a criminal. My partner acted very well and was able to make me wan to help his get to his feet as I demanded, and once he was standing, stole my imaginary gun from my hands, and shot me. Now the role of the status is within the gun itself. The person with the gun was able to control the people without it. Just like in the novel, where people who have power are able to control everyone else.
I just thought that it is an interesting topic, and the instructors, always bring up that example of power and status roles/shifts.
In this next section of the book I am looking forward to exploring how the relationship between Elphaba and Nanny have changed. Elphie is no longer a child, in fact she has her own child, so there will be a shift in their relationship.
I am also really curious as to what happened to Liir. The last that we heard of him, he was stuck in a well. Is he still there? I really hope not. He could have drowned or died of starvation. If he is still down there, one thing is for sure, his fingers will look like raisins.
Instead of answering a question or multiple, I thought that I would relate this status role change to a real life example. After-school I partake in a drama club called; Commotion. The purpose of this is to improve our way into creating a show that is a piece of art. We enact many different activities and the outcome of many , we sponsor, meaning we choose our favourite, and the ones we would like to see in the final show, and relate our show from there. In one of the activities, we had to choose a pose and another person would begin an improve scene. I was chosen as the person who would begin the scene. With my partner on the ground I felt as though I should have high status and chose the role of a police officer who just shot a criminal. My partner acted very well and was able to make me wan to help his get to his feet as I demanded, and once he was standing, stole my imaginary gun from my hands, and shot me. Now the role of the status is within the gun itself. The person with the gun was able to control the people without it. Just like in the novel, where people who have power are able to control everyone else.
I just thought that it is an interesting topic, and the instructors, always bring up that example of power and status roles/shifts.
The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko Parts 5-9
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>.
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>.
All Together Now!
The next four chapters are going to be compiled into one large blog. This is only to save time, and they are really short chapter, therefore, the blogs about them would be short and the predictions even shorter. This part of the book is altogether only twenty-six pages long, allowing for only five and a half pages each chapter. (Yes I did math for an English project.) I am going to do a separate blog for the last section because it is longer and it most likely will have the most information.
Here is another question from my class:
I don’t like…
I do not like have Elphie is such a pushover. She does not speak her mind, and allows people to talk right over her. I really hope that she gains some form of confidence and talks back to them. That would make her character even more enjoyable.
I think that in these next sections of the chapter, Elphie will find confidence in herself, or fall into a deep depression, deeper than the one that she currently is in. Those could be the reasons as to why everyone refers to her as the Wicked Witch of the West.
Here is another question from my class:
I don’t like…
I do not like have Elphie is such a pushover. She does not speak her mind, and allows people to talk right over her. I really hope that she gains some form of confidence and talks back to them. That would make her character even more enjoyable.
I think that in these next sections of the chapter, Elphie will find confidence in herself, or fall into a deep depression, deeper than the one that she currently is in. Those could be the reasons as to why everyone refers to her as the Wicked Witch of the West.
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