what traits of jo revealed in the story should wizard hit mommy
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Explanation:
Jack and Clare’s four-year-old daughter, Jo is a growing girl. She is growing taller by the day, has begun to contradict things her parents tell her, and (to Jack’s great frustration) no longer falls asleep at nap time. All of these traits worry and upset Jack because he realizes he will soon have another woman in his life contradicting him the way his wife Clare does. Indeed, Jo is intent on exercising her opinions and having her ideas heard, even at a young age. With respect to the story of Roger Skunk, Jo does not agree with the ending that her father proposes. As a young child, Jo relates to Roger’s desire to be accepted by his peers, and she does not understand why Roger’s mother would force him to return to his original scent when it made the other little animals run away. While Jack perceives Roger’s sacrifice of his new sweet smell to be a positive lesson about duty and obligation to one’s family, Jo is too young to understand the concept of sacrifice, and therefore believes Roger’s mother to be the villain of the story who deserves punishment. In addition, Jo’s suggestion that the wizard should hit Roger’s mother for her transgression suggests that Jo has picked up on the unhappy (and potentially violent) nature of her parents’ marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her parents’ dissatisfaction is coloring all aspects of her life—even something as seemingly innocuous as a bedtime story.
Jo Quotes in Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
The Should Wizard Hit Mommy? quotes below are all either spoken by Jo or refer to Jo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: Marriage, Family, and Misogyny Theme Icon). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Random House edition of Should Wizard Hit Mommy? published in 1962.