As Dorothy and the scarecrow were skipping along the yellow brick road, they came into a woods that contained apple trees, in which then Dorothy realizes how hungry she was from her journey. As soon as Dorothy attempted to pick an apple from the tree, the tree got very upset and started to throw apples at the couple of characters after the scarecrow stated that they didn’t want those particular apples, or the green worms inside of them. The scarecrow then purposefully tried to anger the tree even more so that he would throw his apples at them, to then …show more content…
She later discovers that this tin man is able to talk, but not at that very moment for he needed something as he tried to say, “oil can”. The scarecrow then picked up the oil can, once he realized what it was, and started to oil down the tin man, so he was able to move. This presents us with the evidence needed to know the scarecrow does in fact have brains, because chances are that he’s never encountered an oil can before, therefore doesn’t know how to use it. Once he sprays it to realize what it’s meant for, he begins to squirt the tin man with oil, letting him loosen up a little bit.
When Dorothy was trapped in the Wicked Witch’s castle, her friends wanted to help her out of the Witch’s evil castle, to safety. As the lion, tin man, and scarecrow stared in awe of the castle, the scarecrow had put together a proactive plan to help Dorothy escape. The plan was to disguise themselves as guards, as guards were about to attack them, and sneak into the castle without notice from any other guards. This supports the idea of the scarecrow having brains, because as the tin man was crying and the lion was shaking of fear, the scarecrow had come up with the plan - which surely requires a brain. The Wizard of Oz, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum, presents us with a scarecrow who believes he doesn’t have a brain, but throughout the story we can prove that he, indeed,