Alrighty, so I have summarized everything up to page 164. Unfortunately, I have MUCH MUCH MUCH more to go and I am seriously wishing I was not the summarizer right now. :'( Oh well. Here we go.
7) (Pages 164-169) Alrighty, I don't understand this bit at all. Now Boq is at Philosophy Club or something...? Everyone is dancing and something happens to Avaric or something, and and then Boq meets a tiger or something and some dwarf is talking about equations and variables...? THIS CONFUSES ME DEEPLY!
8) (Pages 169-178) Glinda and Elphaba are on their way to visit THE WIZARD!!! OMG!!! (NOTICE on page 171 at the top the word BUTTRESSES appears... that was a Global word :D lol) They have four minutes to talk to him and they walk through a giant circular hallway to get to him. The Wizard asks who they are and Elphaba chickens out, so Glinda introduces them to him. Elphaba is being kind of fresh to the wizard later on, and Glinda is scared... :) LOL! They begin discussing Doctor Dillamond, and they say something or other about Madame Morrible. Then The Wizard of Oz recites a poem and tells them to beware whom they serve. Later on, Elphaba decides to run away and Glinda becomes sad.
CITY OF EMERALDS (Pages 179-222)
I believe this is many years later...? Elphaba runs into that blue student from a while ago. His name is Fiyero. She tries to avoid him, and she keeps telling him to leave her alone, but he doesn't. She allows him into her home, which is in a storeroom. He asks about her life and she doesn't tell him anything. She is afraid he is a spy for the Wizard. Later, she asks about everyones life. Boq had married Miss Milla, Avaric got a house in Shiz, and Glinda married some old rich guy or something. They discuss Fiyero's life with his wife, Sarmina. They begin to have a love affair. Fiyero calls Elphaba Fae, as a secret nickname. Elphaba tells him about her childhood. THIS ENDS AT PAGE 197 I'L FINISH LATER
When Fiyero told Elphaba how he was married to a girl when he was young, this made me think about how some cultures have rituals where the parents pick their children's partners when they are at a young age. How do you feel about arranged marriages at such a young age? I feel that its preposterous. You can't force you child to marry someone if it isn't someone they fell in love with naturally. And also, marriage at a young age?! That's ridiculous. I know my friend's friend who had an arranged marriage when she was 9 since it was part of her religion (Muslim, i think.) I thought it was so weird how she was practically engaged already, even though she's still young & has her whole life ahead of her.
ReplyDeletewait, I think it was Fiyero who was the one who married early? Or was it someone else..? AHH.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure it was Fiyero. And that is really weird. My friend's mom from India had an aranged marriage. She didn't even meet her husband until their wedding! HOW HORRIBLE IS THAT!?!? Suppose she hated him!
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