- Elphaba develops a friendship/relationship with Boq instantly, he accepts her because he knew her from their childhood
- Boq tries to get closer to Galinda through Elphaba
- Elphaba starts to fall for Boq
- Galinda is extremely concerned with social class
- Elphaba works with Doctor Dillamond to improve Animal rights
- Boq helps them out, he’s interested and respects the topic
- We’re introduced to Elphaba’s sister and start to find out things with her disabilities
- Avaric and Galinda are from the same social class, but Avaric isn’t concerned with it as much as Galinda is
- Introduces us to different religions, different ways Animals came to be (Unionist, Lurline, Kumbric Witch)
- Author lets us in on Elphaba’s mother’s death, information about the father
Overall idea of “Boq”: Relationship between Elphaba and Boq evokes emotion from Elphaba for the first time
