In The Green Heart, by Alice Hoffman, Green’s interactions with The Sky Witch, helps her to see the world from a whole new perspective. Green takes it upon herself to visit each witch, and to write down their experiences, leading up to the day of the fire. The Sky Witch was one of the first consulted by Green, and her woeful tale left Green with an important message. Before the fire, the Sky Witch was married with 6 children, and on the day of the fire, she hadn't bothered to take the time to appreciate them. Little did she know that afternoon, her children would be reduced to ash, and she would never see her husband again. Though Green was only with the Sky Witch for a short period of time, nevertheless, she leaves with an important lesson;
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The River Witch began as an unsatisfiable woman, who was never contented with the way that her husband treated her. Doing, “too little for her, and too much for everyone else”, she was angry with the lifestyle he imposed upon her. By becoming a sailor, she felt, he had deprived her of a house with a garden and children of her own. Try as he might, she never let him make it up to her, until it was too late. On the day of the fire her husband made trip after trip in his rowboat, until he didn’t come back. Now the River Witch waits by the dock, until she can find a reason to get up, a way she can help others, like her husband once did. She said to green, “if love doesn't come to you you have to go and find it”. Without the encouraging words of the rose and river witches Green might not have had the strength to risk her life on her mission for love, and shortly afterwards, Green, Toby, and the River Witch embark on a perilous mission for love, family, and consolation of their grief, a mission to break their loved ones out of jail, and to stop the Horde. Without the witches guiding her along the way, Green would have never become strong enough to do something so drastic, because without their encouragement, she would not have been able to muster enough optimism to even make herself
The River Witch began as an unsatisfiable woman, who was never contented with the way that her husband treated her. Doing, “too little for her, and too much for everyone else”, she was angry with the lifestyle he imposed upon her. By becoming a sailor, she felt, he had deprived her of a house with a garden and children of her own. Try as he might, she never let him make it up to her, until it was too late. On the day of the fire her husband made trip after trip in his rowboat, until he didn’t come back. Now the River Witch waits by the dock, until she can find a reason to get up, a way she can help others, like her husband once did. She said to green, “if love doesn't come to you you have to go and find it”. Without the encouraging words of the rose and river witches Green might not have had the strength to risk her life on her mission for love, and shortly afterwards, Green, Toby, and the River Witch embark on a perilous mission for love, family, and consolation of their grief, a mission to break their loved ones out of jail, and to stop the Horde. Without the witches guiding her along the way, Green would have never become strong enough to do something so drastic, because without their encouragement, she would not have been able to muster enough optimism to even make herself