An Analysis of the War With Mr. Wizzle by Gordon Korman Essay

Bruno Walton has declared war. Macdonald Hall has a new administrative assistant who is determined to bring the aging school up to date. Bruno doesnt like Mr. Wizzle, he isnt fond of Wizzles Magnetronic 515 computer, and he utterly detests Wizzles new jacket-and-tie dress code. But when he is the first to start collecting Wizzles demerits, and is the first to be assigned to write lines (Boy, that Mr. Wizzle sure is up-to-date), the kid gloves are off!Unfortunately, Bruno may have to work alone. After their first brush with Wizzles authority, most of his friends (even Boots) have decided the only way to deal with Wizzle is to toe the line. Even Scrimmages seems to be out-of-bounds, since the arrival of its own new assistant, Miss Gloria Peabody, a former marine who is dedicated to the idea of teaching wargames in a girls finishing school.But when Wizzle takes Wilburs food from him, confiscates Elmers experiements, bans Chris from the school newspaper and makes Sidney Butterfingers Rampulsky start taking ballet lessons at Scrimmages, one by one the boys return to Brunos side, and soon Bruno will have the entire school organized around the not-so-simple goal of evicting Wizzle from the school. Cathy and Diane are embarked on the same task at Scrimmages, and both schools regular instructors and staff are caught in the middle of a war zone.In this book, I believe weve got the first appearance of the name G. Gavin Gunhold, a ficticious student Bruno decides to program into Wizzles computer, as a practical joke on the administrator. The name would show up in some context in almost every book Korman writes from here on out. According to Gordon, further mention of Gunhold was added for the amusement of his fans, a chance to say theres that name again. I wonder what it means?...

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