Samstag, 27. November 2010

Nobody meets a witch

In the fourth chapter a new character is introduced: the witch Liza (short for Elizabeth) Hempstock. She was drowned and burned and finally buried without a tombstone in unconsecrated ground in Nobody’s graveyard 500 years ago.
At first she is described as a dangerous witch because Silas, Nobody’s guardian, warns Bod not to go to the unconsecrated ground. But after Nobody falls off an apple tree and hurts his leg the witch comes to look after him because she is curious and wants to help.
Later in the chapter she helps Nobody again when she saves him from two thugs. She does this because Bod left the graveyard to buy her a tombstone, so I think she is thankful.
Still, Liza is also revengeful because she cursed her murderers and all the people who watched her burn and let them die of the plague. But in the book the author doesn’t really say that this happened because of her curse.
She is described as a girl with an intelligent but not even a little bit beautiful face. She has mousy, long hair and she reminds Bod of a goblin. But when she smiles she looks really pretty.
I like Liza. She is an interesting character because you don’t know yet if she is good or evil. Also I want to know what magic powers she has and if they are useful later in the book.
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