The War With Mr. Wizzle Essay, Research Paper

Bruno Walton has declared war. Macdonald Hall has a

new administrative assistant who is determined to bring the aging school up to date. Bruno doesn?t like Mr. Wizzle, he isn?t fond of Wizzle?s Magnetronic 515 computer, and he utterly detests Wizzle?s new jacket-and-tie dress code. But when he is the first to start collecting Wizzle?s 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 Wizzle?s authority, most of his friends

(even Boots) have decided the only way to deal with Wizzle is to toe the line. Even Scrimmage?s 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 Wilbur?s food from him, confiscates Elmer?s experiements, bans Chris from the school newspaper and makes Sidney ?Butterfingers? Rampulsky start taking ballet lessons at Scrimmage?s, one by one the boys return to Bruno?s 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 Scrimmage?s, and both schools? regular instructors and staff are caught in the middle of a war zone.

In this book, I believe we?ve got the first appearance

of the name G. Gavin Gunhold, a ficticious student Bruno

decides to program into Wizzle?s 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 there?s that name again. I wonder what it means?