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They are beaten, murdered, separated from the eye of society, banned from riding in transportation, and have a new law made to hinder them in the world. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West focuses on the hardships and people that shaped Elphaba Thropp’s (The Wicked Witch of the West) life and personality. Through this Elphaba learns magic as well as how to use it and gains a hatred for humanity. Discrimination against the Animals is a major and recurring theme in the book. The brutality and hardships that the Animals faced played a major role in shaping Elphaba’s life. In the earlier years the Animals were able to ride on public transportation with the citizens, however when The Wizard took over the throne in Oz banns …show more content…

This is seen when Madame Morrible is having a poetry soiree and begins to tell poetry that is belittling Animals. “Alas! For impropriety, The guillotine of piety. To remedy society Indulge not to satiety In mirth and shameless gaiety. Choose sobering sobriety. Behave as if the deity Approaches in its mystery, And greet it with sonority. Let your especial history Be built upon sorority Whose Virtues do exemplify, And Social Good thus multiply. Animals should be seen and not heard.”(Maguire108-109) The Animals that attend the soiree found the poetry that was said to be degrading and insulting. In addition to this, the Animals are not only demeaned, but also beaten and brutalized. During Fiyero’s visit to a café he is sat next to window, it is at this window that Freyjo sees a family of Bears brutalized and murdered.” The Gale Forcer raised his voice. He had a truncheon in a thong loop at his waist. The cub hid behind the father, and the mother could be seen to growl. … Below, because the Bears had not stood to join the lineup, the soldier raised his cudgel and it came down on the skull of the cub.”(Maguire260) The family of Bears was murdered because the Gale Forcer had the power and authority to do so without consequences. Demeaning and humiliation can take many forms when it is against the Animals, some forms harming only their feelings and others their bodies he end results in the Animals losing their

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