“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”- Winston S. Churchill. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, is not just a typical children’s story. It describes the wonders of the real world and the difficulties of a nation through the centuries. Most importantly, it shows the reality of human emotions and internal struggles when it comes to crisis. Characters in the story show their willingness to overcome their struggles, but don’t have confidence to believe in themselves. The Industrial Revolution is just like The Wizard of Oz because it shows the prosperity of the nation at the cost of everyone else. Dorothy is a young girl from Kansas. From the beginning of the story, she wants to flee
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Naturally she decides she will run escape with Toto, her dog, in order to accomplish what she wants. On her way Dorothy finds Professor Marvel, a con artist. According to his “crystal ball” he tells her that Aunty Em is unwell. Dorothy finds herself frighten and rushes to the farm to look after her aunt. On her way back home, a twister starts forming. Eventually hitting the farm, taking the farm, Dorothy, and Toto along with it. Soon Dorothy realizes she’s nowhere near Kansas. That poor Kansas girl, now in a brilliant place filled with bright colors and flowers. “The Land of Oz, with its varied landscape and diverse inhabitants, is a microcosm of America.”(Taylor). The Land of Oz is represented by its dramatic, vibrant colors and mass population of Munchkins just like the Industrial Revolution. Many people during the Industrial Revolution started coming from different places to live in the cities …show more content…
While she and her friend the Scarecrow, Dorothy finds a small cottage which belongs to a woodsman. Near the cottage beside two trees, the girl and her friend discover a shiny object standing motionless. Both the Scarecrow and Dorothy look at the Tin Woodsman in amazement. After the Tinman has been oiled and freed, he inquires if he too can join them on their journey to the Emerald city. On their way the Scarecrow stumbles into a hole. The Tinman questions the Scarecrow as to why he didn’t avoid the hole. To which the Scarecrow explains that he doesn’t have a brain. Then the Tinman says “brains are not the best things in the world.”… “Once I had the brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.” (Baum). The Tinman does not have a heart for the reason that the tinsmith didn’t make him one. This character doesn’t just serve a woodsman, but also an industrial worker. He once had a heart however, as the result of the Wicked Witch’s greed, his axe slipped from his hands and cut right through his heart. Just like the Tinman, industrial workers had the heart and passion to work from the start. As time went on businesses became greedy. They wanted very cheap labor and long hours. Consequently, workers became very unhappy with their jobs. In other words businesses essentially “dehumanized” their workers and made them machines just
Naturally she decides she will run escape with Toto, her dog, in order to accomplish what she wants. On her way Dorothy finds Professor Marvel, a con artist. According to his “crystal ball” he tells her that Aunty Em is unwell. Dorothy finds herself frighten and rushes to the farm to look after her aunt. On her way back home, a twister starts forming. Eventually hitting the farm, taking the farm, Dorothy, and Toto along with it. Soon Dorothy realizes she’s nowhere near Kansas. That poor Kansas girl, now in a brilliant place filled with bright colors and flowers. “The Land of Oz, with its varied landscape and diverse inhabitants, is a microcosm of America.”(Taylor). The Land of Oz is represented by its dramatic, vibrant colors and mass population of Munchkins just like the Industrial Revolution. Many people during the Industrial Revolution started coming from different places to live in the cities …show more content…
While she and her friend the Scarecrow, Dorothy finds a small cottage which belongs to a woodsman. Near the cottage beside two trees, the girl and her friend discover a shiny object standing motionless. Both the Scarecrow and Dorothy look at the Tin Woodsman in amazement. After the Tinman has been oiled and freed, he inquires if he too can join them on their journey to the Emerald city. On their way the Scarecrow stumbles into a hole. The Tinman questions the Scarecrow as to why he didn’t avoid the hole. To which the Scarecrow explains that he doesn’t have a brain. Then the Tinman says “brains are not the best things in the world.”… “Once I had the brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.” (Baum). The Tinman does not have a heart for the reason that the tinsmith didn’t make him one. This character doesn’t just serve a woodsman, but also an industrial worker. He once had a heart however, as the result of the Wicked Witch’s greed, his axe slipped from his hands and cut right through his heart. Just like the Tinman, industrial workers had the heart and passion to work from the start. As time went on businesses became greedy. They wanted very cheap labor and long hours. Consequently, workers became very unhappy with their jobs. In other words businesses essentially “dehumanized” their workers and made them machines just