Hale, S. (2008). Rapunzel's revenge. New York: Bloomsbury.
In this graphic novel, Rapunzel discovers that Gothel is not her mother and her real mother is working in the mines. Gothel holds Rapunzel prisoner in the top of a hollowed tree. When Rapunzel finally escapes, she meets a man named Jack and they go on many adventures together. The only thing that Rapunzel wants to do is to go back home to fight Gothel and to save her real mother.
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The
theme of Rapunzel’s Revenge is
that love conquers evil. The evil Gothel took
Rapunzel away from her mother and made Rapunzel’s mother work in the
mines. Poor Rapunzel goes through most
of her childhood without knowing her true mother. Then, when Rapunzel confronts Gothel with
the truth she holds Rapunzel prisoner in a hollowed tree in the middle of the
forest. On the other hand, Rapunzel uses love to try to save her mother from
the mines. On her journey she works with
Jack to rescue a missing girl, save a family from coyotes, and protects a
covered wagon from outlaws. While they
are doing acts of good, Rapunzel and Jack fall in love. In the end, Rapunzel has her real mom and her
husband Jack while Gothel is
destroyed. True love prevails in the
end.
Rapunzel’s
character changes from a naïve little girl to a woman who can take down a magic
castle covered in vines protected by an evil woman with bodyguards. At the beginning, readers feel sorry for her
that she doesn’t know that she has been taken away from her mother and she is
locked away in a tree. She seems
gullible when she meets outlaw Jack and gets in trouble for stealing
horses. However, Rapunzel quickly
becomes more self-assured and powerful. She changes her clothes so she looks
like a cowgirl and she uses her long braid as a rope to fight coyotes. She
fights a sea serpent to help the fisherman.
All of her battles, prepared her for her biggest fight which was to take
down Gothel so
she could free her mother. Rapunzel
turned into a warrior that every reader could cheer for and the end was a happy
one.
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