Politics In The Wizard Of Oz

“I will get you my pretty, and your little dog too!” The Wizard of Oz is probably one of the best known movies of all time, and it is a timeless classic. Generations all remember the little farm girl Dorothy who is swept away to the mystical land of Oz. While in Oz, she encounters the Wicked Witch of the West who will stop at nothing to destroy Dorothy. On the dangerous journey, Dorothy teams up with a brainless scarecrow, a heartless tin man, and a cowardly lion to reach to the Emerald City to find a way back to Kansas. The Wizard of Oz is known to be a family fun, musical fantasy which teaches people everywhere that there is no place like home.

Dorothy is the protagonist of the story and a round character. She was an old woman whose husband died a few years ago. When her garden gnome goes missing she goes through mental issues when she starts receiving letters from Mr. Gnome and started having nightmares about the gnome and her husband being very ill. She tried very hard to believe that it wasn’t real by distracting herself but somewhere in the day she would always be reminded with a postcard, telegram or a nightmare.

Despite what she may think, Dorothy is never in any real danger during her adventure. Though harm befalls her companions, she herself is never targeted. Dorothy, with the kiss from the northern witch, and the silver shoes is frightening to her adversaries. The winged monkeys flee upon seeing her, the Wicked Witch of the West becomes very nervous just being around her, even Oz is frightened after she manages to return from Winkie land. There are only two characters in the book from the United States, Dorothy who conquers all in her westward journey, and Oz who fools everyone into thinking he is a powerful wizard. In the real world these two characters are normal people, a young farm girl, and a man who works in a circus. The fact that these two regular Americans can go into the foreign land of Oz and gain power easily, is a testament to the power of America on the world

Many of the characters in “The Wizard of Ozz” are character foils to Dorothy. A character foil is another character that highlights the characteristics of the main character. The scarecrow for example is a character foil that highlight Dorothy's traits. A dilemma the scarecrow faces is not having a brain. Although Dorothy has the ability to think, the character foil of the scarecrow reveals that dorothy believes others around her do not think. She may believe the people around her do not think when Mrs. Gulch takes Toto or when her family does not defend her. Dorothy also meets the cowardly lion on her journey which is also a character foil. The cowardly lion reveals how Dorothy thinks about the people around her. This character foil reveals

Just a mention of The Wizard of Oz acts as a rubber-band on my heart snapping me back to twinkles of emerald green and ruby red. At a young age, this movie had always been my favorite. Dorothy, a farm-girl who escapes her abnormally gray town, Kansas, is guided by the amiable Professor Marvel back home just in time for her to take a tornado ride to a colorful, magical land of buoyant little people. The good witch, Glinda, appears and advises her to make her way to the Emerald City, where the mysterious Wizard of Oz can send her back home. The Yellow Brick Road leads her on an unforgettable journey where she meets The Scarecrow, in search of a brain, the Tin Man, in need of a heart, a Lion looking for a little courage, and The Wicked Witch of the West who seeks to ruin their plans. All I ever paid any mind to when I was younger was the happy ending. Each character got what they were searching for, the Wicked Witch was killed, and Dorothy was able to click her heels and return home. The Wizard of Oz is a story of four characters searching for their heart’s desires, which they eventually find within themselves. Perhaps at first glance, The Wizard of Oz can be perceived as a children’s story. However, with profound thought the message touches on some ubiquitous themes such as deception and the flaw of human nature.

She is excited, full of energy, and sure of her path. Dorothy’s first detour happens when she runs head on into a cornfield. While Dorothy contemplates what she should do, she notices a scarecrow hanging on a nearby post. Luckily the scarecrow explains she will have to change her path from the straight line she has been traveling in order to get to the Emerald City. Dorothy takes the scarecrow’s advice and changes directions, curving away from the cornfield instead of her expected straight path

The first character Dorothy meets while travelling to Emerald City, along the yellow brick road, is the scarecrow. The movie and the book both compare the scarecrow stating he has no brains, just stuffing. In the book there are times when the scarecrow seems to know what is right and wrong and accepted behaviors for different situations. This is shown in the book when the Wicked Witch told the bees to sting the scarecrow and the tin man; however, when the scarecrow saw the bees coming, he told the tin man to help him take out all of his straw and spread it across the field (Baum

Soon enough they all fall upon the Tin Man, who then simulates not to have a heart. Yet he’s the most dramatic character in the complete film. The characters, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion later on, already have what they desire in the world. Then when the Lion bluffs to attack or threaten them, and Dorothy runs anxiously until the Lion threatens Toto. Dorothy is brave when she realizes the others are in danger. This indicates a later event in the film, when Dorothy is in trouble, and the Lion shows his true heroism. The lion himself is bold when his friends are in trouble. The Wicked Witch in the meanwhile, refers to Dorothy and her friends as "my beauties." She no longer refers to them as "my pretties." Which pretty is a word used with children, and beautiful is a word that is used to refer to adults.

The Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow get what they wanted from the Wizard. Throughout their adventures in Oz, Dorothy realized that she just wanted to go home. Her homesickness caused emotions that motivated her to go home, and sometimes her emotions brought the worst out of her. Last, in the denouement, Dorothy finally made it home, and she was in a coma the whole time. Now that Dorothy is home, the conflict is resolved because that is what she wanted all along.

When the farm girl realizes how much her Aunt Em worried for her when she ran off with Toto, Dorothy return back home. However, the tornado strikes before she sees her aunt. In her new surroundings, Gilda tells her that in order to return home she should meet the Wizard of Oz by following the yellow brick road as well as advising Dorothy to keep the magical red slippers. Dorothy crosses the threshold when she enters Munchkin land, exclaiming, “Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas

The Wizard of Oz is a movie beloved by many. It was a major part of many people's childhood, with lovable but very one dimensional protagonists, and a villain who is evil just for the sake of being evil. Even with this in mind it has still stood the test of time, still being revered as a classic that defined a generation and even created an archetype in itself. But mainly because of the time it was created in it has many sexist undertones. This has attracted many feminist criticisms.

The Scarecrow in the wizard of oz is lacking a brain all together and believes he cannot think for himself. The Scarecrow replies,” some people without a brain sure do talk a lot.” The scarecrow talking to Dorothy and saying that, is him saying you are not bright. The point of the scarecrow is to show how Dorothy believes she is not smart, how she wants everyone to think of things for her instead of her thinking things for herself. The Tin man is someone who lacks a heart, he believes he can not show any love for anyone.

Dorothy explains she wants to go back home to Kansas to the munchkins who point her onto the yellow brick road that leads to Oz. The munchkins explained to her that the Wizard

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a story about a little girl named Dorothy and her dog, Toto. Dorothy is an orphan who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in Kansas. Everything there is gray, grayed by the ever-present sun. One day, a tornado arrives. Dorothy doesn’t make it to the emergency cellar with her aunt and uncle. Instead, she just arrives at the house with her dog. The tornado sweeps up the house and takes it to the Land of Munchkins. Glenda, the Good Witch of the North, tells Dorothy to go to the Emerald City, where the Great Wizard of Oz will help Dorothy get back to Kansas. On the way to the Emerald City, following the yellow brick road, Dorothy meets the Scarecrow, who wants a brain, the Tin Man, who wants a heart, and the Cowardly

Freaked out after she kills somebody with her house and their sister vows revenge, Dorothy decides to get the hell out of Oz. She travels down the Yellow Brick Road with the extravagantly abstracted impersonations of her real-world family on her way to the majestic Emerald City of the Land of Oz, where she plans to ask the great and powerful wizard to send her back to her home in Kansas. Oh yeah, on the way she got into it with that sister that vowed revenge – who turned out to be a real witch herself – and came out on the better end, so the wizard rewarded her with her hearts’ desire and granted Dorothy a return home.