The Wizard agrees to help them all on the condition that they kill the Wicked Witch of the West, who rules over Oz’s Winkie Country. He appears to Dorothy as a giant head on a marble throne, to the Scarecrow as a lovely lady in silk gauze, to the Tin Woodman as a terrible beast, and to the Cowardly Lion as a ball of fire.
While the film version does not provide the back story to these three characters, the novel does, as well as establishing that Dorothy’s experiences in this strange land are real, whereas the film suggests that it was all just a dream.Īfter several adventures including an encounter with a deadly poppy field and being chased by winged monkeys, the travellers reach the Emerald City and meet the Guardian of the Gates, who asks them to wear green tinted spectacles to keep their eyes from being blinded by the city’s brilliance. The Tin Woodman wants a heart, the Scarecrow is in need of a brain and the Lion wishes to be brave. On the journey, she encounters the Tin Woodman, the brainless Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion each of whom wishes to make a request of the Wizard. Here she encounters the Munchkins, strange small creatures, who tell her that in order for her to return home she must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and seek out the mysterious Wizard of Oz. The story concerns Dorothy, a young girl from Kansas, who, with her little dog Toto, is caught up in a terrifying tornado which whisks her far away to the magical land of Oz. It is one of the great works of children’s literature, which the the Library of Congress named as ‘America’s greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale’. No doubt The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was to some extent inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (1865) in that it features a young girl who is whisked away from the real world to a fantasy land peopled with a variety of strange and fascinating creatures where she is involved in a series of exciting adventures. Frank Baum’s book starring Judy Garland, more people will know the basic plot of the story than have read the enchanting novel. ‘And oh, Aunt Em, I am so glad to be home.’īecause the famous and highly successful 1939 musical film version of L.
‘Where did you come from?’ ‘From the Land of Oz,’ said Dorothy bravely. The Wizard of Oz David Stuart Davies looks at this ever-popular book.
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