Wizard Of Oz Courage Theme

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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are (ee cummings).”The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a story about growing up. In the story there is a girl named Dorothy and she along with a tinman, a lion and a scarecrow are trying to make it to Oz. In the chapter the Cowardly Lion, the theme is courage.
The theme in the wizard of oz is courage Because the author is talking about Dorothy and her dog toto are in a strange world with 3 not human people a scarecrow,a tin woodman, and a lion.”With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tin Woodman with his sharp claws. But, to the Lion’s surprise, he could make no impression on the tin, although the Woodman

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