Populism In The Wizard Of Oz

Dorothy and her friends finally got to Emerald City. They finally got to see the Wiz and he told them that he would not grant any of their wishes unless she killed the wicked witch of the West. Dorothy and all of her friends were really disappointed. Eventually, Dorothy and her friends went to see the wicked witch of the West and the witch was very mean to them. The witch really wanted Dorothy’s slippers but she refused to give them to her. Dorothy is starting to get discouraged because the witch seemed to be more powerful than she was.

The Wizard of Oz is a classic known by all. The plot is fairly simple. Poor bored Dorothy is sick of her normal boring life on her Aunt and Uncles farm in Kansas and decides to run away to a more exciting life. Her plans are changed when she meets a fortune teller who convinces her to go back home. Unfortunately, as she is headed back home a horrible storm starts and she and her dog Toto are blown away, along with her house. When she lands, she comes outside to see that she has landed on a person with red shoes. She is met by tiny people and a witch called Glinda who tells her that she has landed on and killed the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy tells Glinda she wants to go home, and Glinda tells her if she follows the yellow brick road she will end up in the Emerald City where the Wonderful Wizard of Oz can help get her home.

When Dorothy meets the Tin Woodman, he is completely rusted and unable to move from his fixed position. The article The Wizard of Oz: More Than Just a Children’s Story by Lauren Houlberg suggests that this reflects how, following the depression, the factory workers became stuck in their unemployed positions. Nevertheless, Dorothy applying oil on the Tin Woodman’s joints symbolizes that although the workers went through a difficult period, eventually, they could continue working and carry on with their lives. The Tin Woodman searches for a heart because of the fact that industrial workers suffered through the depression but overcame it (The Wizard of Oz: More Than Just a Children’s Story by Lauren Houlberg). Finally, Henry M. Littlefield states that the Lion represents William Jennings Bryan, an American politician. Bryan was a Democratic politician that campaigned for the presidency in 1896 and 1900, yet critics of his time viewed him as a cowardly man (Money and politics in the land of Oz). According to the History.com article William Jennings Bryan, in his candidacy speech, he advocated for his free-silver movement to protect individuals from monopolist corporations, but he ultimately lost to William McKinley. The article suggests that, from the public eye, William Jennings Bryan was unsuccessful in his efforts towards the free-silver movement, proving how cowardly he was by not fulfilling what he

The movie and book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is based on Populism. Many of the characters and places set in the book have been said to represent different properties of Populism. For example, the author was a Republican activist that had a very strong opinion on Populists and Democrats. One of those Democrats being William Jennings Bryan, a politician that was a part of the populist movement of the Democratic Party. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had plenty of populist related ideas throughout the entire plot.

The main character, Dorothy Gale symbolized the American people and their values of loyalty, honesty, and determination (Shira, Psychology Today). These values were displayed by her drive to get home, her friendships she made along the way, and the way she confronted the Wizard of Oz. The Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion represent the average man who had hardly any control over their fate, so evident during the Great Depression which was also theme in the film. They are at the bottom of the “political chain” and barely had any say in what the government can and can’t do. The Wizard of Oz also had no male hero to rescue Dorothy, which told the female audience “you didn’t need a prince to save you”. The leading women characters were very powerful. In contrast, all the leading male characters were portrayed as weak. This gave the message that women can be just as strong or sometimes even stronger than men. The Wizard of Oz also teaches us that home is where the heart is. As Dorothy said, “If you ever go looking for your heart’s desire, you don’t have to look any further than your own backyard.” We sometimes want to desert our roots but they are part of who we are (Shira,Psychology

The yellow brick road is what Dorothy follows to hopefully find her way home. This is representing the positive thoughts she is keeping to get

The Wizard of Oz is a movie about a girl who wants more then the life she has in Kansas. The Protagonist is Dorothy, the antoagonist is the wicked witch, and the conflict was person versus person. The protagonist of the Wizard of Oz was Dorothy. First of all, in the text it said that Dorothy was the person going through change. At first she was wanting to leave Kansa because she wanted more than her life now had to offer but throughout the book she changed and all she wanted was her regular life back.

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.

The Wizard of OZ, is a famous novel. The story talked about the adventure of a girl Dorothy who dropped into a strange world occasionally with her three comrades—Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion. Dorothy came to the Land of OZ with her house and the house crushed the Witch of the East, who is the wicked in that land. She got a pair of silver shoes from the corpse of the Witch of the East, which had powerful charm. She missed her uncle and aunt who lived in the original world, and she was told to find the greatest wizard, OZ, in this country by walking along the gold-like yellow brick road with the silver shoes. In her way, she met Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion as her comrades, met lots of interesting matters, and finally returned to her home.

Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves in the Land of Oz. As instructed by the the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road toward the Emerald City and the Wizard of Oz. With her companions, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, she encounters and overcomes the Wicked Witch of the West during her mission to return home.

It’s plot begins before and continues after Dorothy’s arrival in Oz from Kanas, and it includes several character references to the 1939 film and Baum’s novel. Wicked tells the narration of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Crone of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who battle through opposing personalities and points of view,

The movie goes on to show that Dorothy is in distress and she goes and hides inside the house, when it was swept up into the cyclone! The conflict in the Wizard of Oz is person versus self. In the story, Dorothy just wants to go home. She is sent on a quest to go to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard to take her home. The movie demonstrates that when she gets to the Land of Oz she is confused and

The Wizard of Oz, is undoubtedly one of the most monumental films of all time. Being the first full-length, live-action film to be colored, it was a pivotal film in movie history. Audiences were awe-struck with the shocking new use of color. With the addition of color to the still quite new use of sound in pictures, viewers were given an even more fantastically realistic experience. The Wizard of Oz is a classic story which shares the journey of Dorothy Gale and her adventures which take her to where she belongs. This film provides the audience with a message and reminder that one truly belongs with their family. Family is not always blood-related, yet one cannot ignore the bond with those who are. Distance from home is necessary for

While there are many themes that L. Frank Baum writes about in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that focuses on a young, maturing girl named Dorothy Gale; that is living in a grey world and then suddenly her life is full of color after a cyclone. Throughout the story, Dorothy Gale is reminded that the land of Oz is beautiful and much more interesting that Kansas ever will and it takes her awhile to realize it along her adventurous plan. The two themes that stand out throughout the story is the childhood to maturity that Dorothy progresses in and a twisted way that makes you see the virtue in the story, also known as the disability of it all. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is not all just a children's fairytale. Although the land of Oz is depicted as

Glinda lets Dorothy know that to get home she should “follow the yellow brick road” to get to the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy meets the Scarecrow without a brain, and helps him off of his post, the Tin Man without a heart, and oils his rusty joints, and coaxes the Cowardly Lion to join the trip to the Wizard of Oz in hopes that he will grant all of their wishes.