Dorothy Must Die Summary

Today I will be talking about the characters, plot, themes and the purpose of the novel Dorothy Must Die. There is one main plot to the book, that is ending Dorothy’s rein over Oz.
As is made obvious from the title of the book, Dorothy must die or rather be assassinated by a group of people. She had saved Oz once. She had gone back to her home land of Kansas, where she was being treated like a farm girl once again. She then came back to Oz were she took control over the land trying to suck the magic out of the land by enslaving the munchkins. The group of people associated with the down fall of Dorothy is the wicked order. They are witches or refugees from Dorothy and her ruling, they have been trying to kill her for years. When Amy Gumm,

the main protagonist, comes to Oz as the new prophecy. Dorothy flips out about it, and tries to have her killed. Another thing to note about this time era and realm is that wicked and bad no longer apply.
The main characters in the book are Amy Gumm, the main protagonist. Nox, which isn't his real name, was kidnapped as a young child. Nox never got to know his real parents. Nox chose to go with the name Nox because Gerta had named him Nox and he decided he liked it. Nox is the secondary main character next to Pete. Pete is a mysterious hologram person that helps Amy when she is in need. There are two wicked witches, Melinda and Gerta. They were the first to realize that Dorothy wasn’t as good as she seemed to be.
The main purpose of the book was designed for pure enjoyment. The second purpose was to show people that who they are is who they are, that they shouldn’t try to change because some one wants them too. Which was a theme of the book.
There were a number of sub themes explored in the book. These varied from chapter to chapter. There was one that stuck out more than the others to me. A person should be who they are and not become what someone else wants you to be. You must be true to yourself and never waver in the face of death. In many places in Amy’s adventure she had come to a place where she was asked to change for some one. Dorothy wanted to be the only person from whom was not from Oz. She wanted Amy dead and told her to her face that she wanted to die. She refused to cooperate and knew she had no choice but to join the order of the witches. The order required her to go against the main theme of the book so she could don the power to stop the evil torment known as Dorothy. Normally the changes people were asked to endure were not necessary unless they were.
This has been an essay explaining the theme, plot, characters and purpose of the title “Dorothy mus die” I hope you enjoyed.