Living being in The Oz Series
Mr. Joker
Also known as a jolly little clown, poor old Mr. Joker, one of our clowns.
A jolly little china clown of the dainty china country, dressed in bright red, yellow, and green but covered all over with cracks from breaking himself so often trying to stand on his head; mended in a hundred places and considered foolish and cracked in the head.
Appears in 1 chapters, first in chapter 20, last in chapter 20.
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What the story establishes
| Affiliation | One of the clowns of the china people in the dainty china country. (as of ch. 20) |
| Appearance | A jolly little china clown in pretty clothes of red, yellow, and green, his whole body covered with cracks running every which way from being mended in a hundred places. (as of ch. 20) |
| Being nature | A living being made entirely of brittle china, able to talk and move but so often broken that he is mended in a hundred places. |
| Body conditions | Made of brittle china and completely covered with cracks, mended in a hundred places from breaking himself so often. |
| Conflict | Rebuked by the Princess for mocking the strangers, he pertly turns the reproof into a joke and stands on his head. (as of ch. 20) |
| Dialogue style | Saucy and clowning; speaks in cheeky rhyming verse and irreverent puns, mocking rather than deferential. (as of ch. 20) |
| Gender identity | man (as of ch. 20) |
| Health condition | Covered all over with cracks and mended in a hundred places from breaking himself so often. (as of ch. 20) |
| Is alive | yes (as of ch. 20) |
| Personality | Foolish, saucy, and irrepressibly clownish; heedless of decorum, forever trying to stand on his head and cracked in the head so that he behaves foolishly. (as of ch. 20) |
| Quirks | Is always trying to stand upon his head, and does so on the spot when rebuked. (as of ch. 20) |
| Referential profile | masculine (as of ch. 20) |
| Skills | Clowning — always trying to stand upon his head, and reciting saucy rhyming verse. (as of ch. 20) |
| Social status | A common clown among the china people. (as of ch. 20) |
| Status | A cracked, oft-mended comic clown of the china country; after mocking the strangers and being rebuked, he stands upon his head. (as of ch. 20) |
Relationships
- species of → the china people ch. 20Mr. Joker the clown is one of the china people, mended in a hundred places from breaking his brittle china body.
- communicates with → Dorothy (ended) ch. 20Mr. Joker saunters up and addresses Dorothy and the company with a cheeky rhyme, then pertly stands on his head.
- confronts ← the china Princess (ended) ch. 20The Princess sharply rebukes Mr. Joker, telling him to be quiet and treat the strangers with respect.
- insults → the china Princess (ended) ch. 20Mr. Joker mocks the company in saucy verse, addressing 'my lady fair' and calling her stiff and prim as if she had eaten a poker.
From the text
in spite of his pretty clothes of red and yellow and green he was completely covered with cracks, running every which way and showing plainly that he had been mended in many places.Chapter 20