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In the book, The Marvelous Land of OZ, written by L. Frank Baum, the main character’s name is, Tippetarius. A young boy who knows nothing about his parents & lives with an old woman that goes by the name of Mombi. He is an important character because the whole book is about his creation of Jack the pumpkinhead. He is a sneaky, young boy looking to scare his guardian because he does not favor her. Throughout this story his guardian, Mombi plans to turn him into a statue of marble to which he does not want to be turned to. He states in the story, “She’ll squeal louder than the brown pig does when I pull her tail, and shiver with fright worse than I did last year when I had the ague!” Clearly showing he wants to frighten his caretaker. On page 14, Mombi casts a spell on the scarecrow bringing him to life frightening the little child instead but he then later laughs it off. Mombi catches him hiding in the boots calling him a sneaky child and then they head home but with the scarecrow, Mombi plans to use.
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