Wizard Of Oz Conflicts

To begin, the settings portrayed in the wonderful wizard of oz are important yet often overlooked. The book begins in Kansas where Dorothy Gale and her family resides. Kansas is depicted as a 'great gray prairie'. Everything in Kansas is perceived as gray, therefore representing oneness because there is no differentiation, there is no beautiful lie hiding the truth in that place. There is only one place where there is only truth, and that is nirvana. Throughout the novel, the conflict is that Dorothy wants to return to Kansas. Her desire to return back to Kansas reveals the same conflict all souls have. Each and every soul is believed to have came from nirvana, and the soul is destined to return back to nirvana. Therefore, Kansas is comparable to the Theosophical Society's concept of nirvana. Meanwhile, the Land of Oz is depicted …show more content…
Dorothy Gale is the main protagonist who is removed from Kansas and transported to Oz. There is she embarks on a journey to reach Kansas. Dorothy is similar to the soul because she has left the comforts of Kansas, to find her way through Oz just to return back to Kansas. The same is true for the soul. The soul leaves the comforts of nirvana, to find its way through humanity's world just to return back to nirvana. Next, we are introduced to Dorothy's infamous companions. First Dorothy encounters the Scarecrow, next the tin woodman, and finally the lion. The order in which Dorothy meets them is important since they represent (are linked) H.P. Blavatsky's(insert footnote 1 here) description of the 3 personality that must developed, in order to defeat the perils of life. "There is no danger that dauntless courage cannot conquer; there is no trial that spotless purity cannot pass through; there is no difficulty that strong intellect cannot surmount." Courage is what the lion desires, Purity is what the Tin woodman desires, and intellect is what the scarecrow