Book Wicked Gregory Maguire Analysis

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Book : Wicked Author: Gregory MaGuire Pages: 537 The prologue begins with a scene set towards the end of the book as the Wicked Witch of the West looks down from above Oz on Dorothy and her traveling companions. She sees them traveling toward the Emerald City along the Yellow Brick Road, which has become broken. The Witch flies down and creeps quietly towards the group hiding herself behind a tree as she eavesdrops on their conversation. She can finally make out the companions a huge Cat of some sort, perhaps a Lion a Tin Woodman and an animated Scarecrow. She also sees that the girl is carrying a dog. From their conversation, the reader is introduced to some of the questions that will permeate the novel, both in regards to the Witch’s

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