Wicked is set in the (lovely) land of Oz. Which is a fictional land first introduced by the author L. Frank Baum in his novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, and the land is full of magic. It’s difficult to set an exact time period, due to the story being told in a completely different world than ours. But it seems to be a bit more primitive. Technology varies.
It’s also hard to properly explain the social environment in the book, because the land has got a little bit of everything. Some things are modern. (1900′-2000’s) Like the kindergardens, trains, proper universities etc. while other things seem like they come from a time period further back. (1700’s-1800’s) Such as the way of life in Munchkinkand and the farm life. Anyway it is highly interesting, but I’d recommend doing some background reasearch. Since this story is written of of the land of Oz created by Baum, you can find a lot of facts and stories surrounding it.
The land of Oz is divided into four big quadrants. Each has their own typical enviornment and people, and their own ruler. The rulers are often witches or sorceres. But all the quadrants are conjoined by one offical ruler, a monarch. This monarch sits in Emerald City, in the center of Oz.
Our story begins in Munckinland and is set here all through the first part of the book. This is the part with Melena and Frexspar, and their baby Elphaba. Now that I’ve reached the second part of the book (10th chapter), the setting has changed to Gillikin country. It also appears to have jumped forward in time..
I really like that you’re using the word lovely to describe the land in such a nice way, it makes the readers interested in the setting of the story and the book itself. Your writing is professional and well written. You give us so much information and still tell us that doing a little research will find tell us more details about Oz. There is actually not more to say than well done and keep up with the good work!
Oz seems to be a very complicated world, so this couldn’t have been an easy task for you, however you managed to handle it extremely well. Using a map to further explain the quadrants was clever and a nice touch. You have a good vocabulary and you formulate sentences well which both makes your blog more soothing to read.
Overall, you’ve done an amazing job explaining the setting, well done!
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I really like that you’re using the word lovely to describe the land in such a nice way, it makes the readers interested in the setting of the story and the book itself. Your writing is professional and well written. You give us so much information and still tell us that doing a little research will find tell us more details about Oz. There is actually not more to say than well done and keep up with the good work!
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Oz seems to be a very complicated world, so this couldn’t have been an easy task for you, however you managed to handle it extremely well. Using a map to further explain the quadrants was clever and a nice touch. You have a good vocabulary and you formulate sentences well which both makes your blog more soothing to read.
Overall, you’ve done an amazing job explaining the setting, well done!
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