The Wonder behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Wizard of Oz is a well known children’s novel written by Frank Baum in 1899. It later then became a movie in 1939 and still to this day is very popular. But what many people do not know is that behind both the movie and novel there lays a hidden message about the economic problems during the early 20th century. Baum was knowledgeable about what was going on in the 1990’s and put them into his work for a purpose. Over the years both the movie and the novel have stirred up multiple theories behind…

Firstly, before examining about “Alice in Wonderland”, I would like to discuss about “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” which was the first American fairy tale, written by Frank Baum. Baum was very invested in the triumph posited by rationalistic notions of Manifest Destiny and the heroism of the Frontier. He wanted to have the children to be proud of the story of how the settlers were conquering the land of the natives at that time and constructing the uniquely American identity. This objective of…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was the first fairytale written in United States. Baum wrote TheWonderful Wizard of Oz during a time in history that was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was the first fairytale written in United States. Baum wrote TheWonderful Wizard of Oz during a time in history that was not known for its social justices. The story focused on the many similarties between Baum's characters and the United States during the 1800's. It is suggested that…

The Wizard of Oz, based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is a movie that focuses on a young girl and her whimsical adventure through the Land of Oz. Throughout the last century, many people have interpreted the film in various ways. However, Baum was a member of a philosophical organization called the Theosophical Society that focused on the occult. He used its lessons and teachings to write The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The movie adaptation resembles the themes in the…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a fictional adventure/fantasy that was written by L. Frank Baum in 1965. L. Frank Baum was born near Chittenango, New York in 1856. Frank grew up with a heart condition so he couldn’t play physically like other children so he developed a creative side, so he decided to write stories. The setting of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was set in with a happy society with some upsetting problems. The story was set in the 1950’s, the…

The motion picture, The Wizard of Oz was released by the studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 12,1939. The movie was adapted from “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” writings of L. Frank Baum in 1900 (Maltin 2015). The imaginary children’s fable is recognized by the enduring musical score, the many idioms used: “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” and “Follow the yellow brick road” are phrases recalled in the movie (Wizard 1939). The fledgling Dorothy character and dog Toto traverse a pathway in Kansas…

The Wizard of Oz is the first in the Oz series by Frank Baum. From the other books, we learn that the word Oz has one meaning for the Wizard and another for the residents of the beautiful and magical world. The most common meaning for OZ is for the Wizard: Oz refers to the initials of his first two names, Oscar Zoroaster. However, there are additional meanings, as well. For the residents, Oz is the name of their “God,” the being that they look up to that can do all. Also, for the residents, Oz is…

In Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a tornado rips Dorothy from her home in Kansas and drops her in the Land of Oz. To get home, she must seek answers from the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City. In similar fashion, Mississippi has been caught in the grips of a tornado that has left both public school educators and state legislators looking for answers to the state’s education problems. Unfortunately, many legislators seem to be more interested in taking on the role of…

In 1939, Victor Fleming made a film version of L. Frank Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” However, both the novel and the film focuses or touches on the same moral, it features the protagonist Dorothy who resides in Kansas the farm, along with her aunt Em and uncle Henry as well as her dog Toto. Both Baum’s novel and Fleming’s 1939 film adaptation the setting is in Kansas which is described as a small farm which Dorothy lives in which in Baum’s novel is picturized as gloomy, grey and dull…

movies, reaching the cult fiction perception. A significant example is The Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum. The history behind The Wizard of Oz proves that this story line has had an essential role in the occult world all along. Associations of occultism, Illuminati rituals and Monarch Programming exists in sequence of books with satanic activity and intellect controlling it along the way. Viewers perceive The Wizard of Oz as an innocent fairytale, though the story has a deep symbolic meaning…