Malumclaw's Personality

In the novel, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, written by Chris Colfer, the antagonist of

the novel has an unpleasant personality, looks frightening, and has revenge on the top of his mind. The antagonist of the novel is a wolf named Malumclaw. To begin with, Malumclaw’s personality is very unpleasant. In particular, he is very shrewd and short-tempered. In fact, it has been presented in the novel that he has “ exploded” on many people with his anger, and does not take ridiculous behavior from anyone. Also, the wolf is very serious. Meaning, he is a no- nonsense behavior person. Furthermore, he will snap at anyone quite easily, and will not tolerate a break in any deal he makes. Colfer states, “ Deal. But let me warn you, if you

fail to keep your end of the bargain, we'll snap your neck like a twig.”
(Colfer 280) In other words, Malumclaw will hurt anyone that does not abide by the deal they have made with him or his pack.

He directly states that he will “ snap the neck” of the person whom he has made the deal with. The serious tone the character uses to ensure the person he was talking to understood what he said showed how clear he made his warning. Considering his personality, this quote clearly demonstrates all aspects of his personality through the tone in the quote. When it comes to Malumclaw’s looks, everyone is frightened. From his blood-red eyes to jet-black fur Malumclaw is quite the scare. For one thing, Malumclaw and his pack have jet-black, matted fur. Not to mention his size, which is four times the size of a normal wolf in the Land of Stories. Furthermore, his eyes are blood-red and his snout is wider than most. Lastly, their faces look as though they are ready to kill. As Colfer has noted, “ However, these wolves were unlike any the twins had ever seen before. They were four times the size of any normal wolf of their world. Their fur was jet-black and matted. Their eyes were red, and their snouts were wide.” ( Colfer 120) In other words, Colfer describes Malumclaw and his pack with descriptive language. The style Colfer uses to describe the outside features of the wolves makes the reader feel intimated, as a character facing him would. However, the true motive of Malumclaw comes to play towards the middle of the novel. These wolves are born to be killing machines. So, their ultimate motive is to kill Red Riding Hood. Malumclaw’s father is the Big Bad Wolf. He had been outwitted and chased away by Red Riding Hood, and has never been able to get revenge on her. Now, it is up to his son to avenge him. Colfer states, “ After what you've put us through, we ought to claw your hearts out! I guess we get Red Riding Hood AND Goldilocks tonight!” (Colfer 362). The tone the author uses in this quotation, represents the anger Malumclaw is showing

towards the characters. In conclusion, the character Malumclaw not only has a frightening personality and appearance, but he is cunning and sinister antagonist whose motive is to avenge his father by killing Red Riding Hood. His personality, appearance, and motive makes him by far the most hair-raising character and antagonist in the novel.