The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

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When reading the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first thing that you probably think about is the protagonist Dorothy because she is the hero in this story. She only considers herself as an ordinary girl, but she is much more. She liberates or advances nearly everyone who encounters her. Dorothy's home is in Kansas where she lives with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. She is swept away by a cyclone to a magical land and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. When she arrives in the magical land, she is presented with silver slippers worn by the wicked witch of the east as a token of appreciation for killing her, even though it was an accident. In the novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum, the silver slippers

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