PROLOGUE; Basically, you are looking at the beginning of The Wizard of Oz through the witches point of view. She mentions that Dorothy is wearing her sister's shoes, which shows foreshadowing. The Lion and Tin Man and Scarecrow are gossiping about Elphaba behind her back also. That stinks. :'(
THE ROOT OF EVIL (pages 6-10)
Here you are introduced to Frex and his wife Melena. On this day, Melena is supposed to give birth to their child. Instead of sticking around to help with the birth, Frex, a Unionist minister, wants to against the Clock of the Time Dragon, which Frex thinks distracts Munchkinlanders from their Unionist roots.
THE CLOCK OF THE TIME DRAGON (pages 11-14)
In this part of the book, Frex recieves a letter from his cousin, who is also a minister. This letter describes The Clock of the Time Dragon appearance. Apparently, the clock is some kind of oracle. The final part of the letter warns that the clock is coming to Frex's town.
THE BIRTH OF THE WITCH (pages 15-21)
In this section of the book, the clock has predicted that Frex , although a pious man, is keeping jewels secretly. There is an angry mob attacking him. During this attack, Melena is giving birth. They are shocked that the baby is green, and even more shocked that the baby bites a fisherwives finger off. !!!
In the prologue when the scarecrow, tin man and the lion were gossiping about Elphaba behind her back, it reminded me of high school in today's world where many teens talk about their friends behind their backs. I thought it was interesting that many people gossiped like that back then. Also, i was shocked when I read the part about Elphaba biting that woman's finger off. I would be too scared to have a baby like that!
ReplyDeleteI KNOW! If I witnessed Elphaba bite that ladys finger off, I'D DROP THE BABY AND RUN! And they all just laugh it off, like "Ooh! The baby bit off that finger! How delightful!" lol
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