Analysis Of The Wizard Of Oz

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The modern era was full of wonderful pieces of literature but my personal favorite would be The Wonderful Wizard of OZ. In the year 1900, L. Frank Baum wrote the wonderful story of The Wizard of OZ.This is my favorite piece of literature because he made every character have a purpose such as the Scarecrow needed a brain,the Tin Woodman needed a heart, and the Cowardly lion needed courage and with the help of Dorothy they were able to get that… well kind of. The Wizard of OZ is the perfect family story and has a great meaning behind it.
In the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow describes himself as a fool who never “learns anything,” or does what he is supposed to do. Throughout this novel he demonstrates that he has the brain that he is seeking …show more content…

When the Lion encounters Dorothy,Scarecrow,and the Tin Woodman in the forest he confesses that he is a coward and all he wants is for the Wizard to give him courage.He was ashamed to be such a coward because all the animals expected him to be the King of Beasts so he said “‘I learned if I roared loudly every living thing was frightened and got out of my way’”(Baum 68). Just like the other two characters the Lion had courage and he proved that through many different situations but one situation was when they encountered the ditch in which he was afraid of falling but he was able to carry them all over it successfully.When they reached the Wizard he was given a drink that was filled with “courage” which gave him it later on in the story when he killed the monster was able to be ruler over all of the animals in the forest.The Cowardly Lion’s story was just as great as the other because he proved himself not to just be this big scary animal but to be generous,noble and of core courageous.

With all things considered ,The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was and is still a popular book.In this piece of literature for children Baum demonstrated what it was like to have a brain,to be loving, and to be courageous which is everything a child needs to be taught. He did a great job of making every character unique to each one of these qualities.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was properly written as a children's book and it

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