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Bartholomew and the Oobleck
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Bartholomew and the Oobleck
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Bartholomew and the Oobleck Characters
Meet the Cast
Bartholomew Cubbins
You know a character is important when a king regularly addresses him by his full name.Bartholomew Cubbins is what the literary experts call a "normative character." Even though he lives in a castl...
King Derwin
Although our main squeeze Bartholomew grows along with a classic story structure (beginning, middle, end), the King has only two acts: beginning and end. Let's take a look.Beginning: Control Freaks...
The Magicians
The King's magicians are classic enablers. Though they only appear briefly in the story, the magicians have a powerful effect, primarily due to their unique ability to give a power-hungry king the...
Minor Characters
The Bell Ringer & The Royal TrumpeterBoth the bell ringer and the royal trumpeter have no trouble spotting the physical and moral dangers of the goop. Bell ringer: "If that green stuff sticks u...
