Wizard Of Oz Symbolism Essay

In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy finds herself far from her gray and gloomy aunt and uncle’s farm. She is in a land full of munchkins and takes a journey to the great and powerful oz. along the way she picks up a few friends that complete the story. In this land it is vibrant, happy, and full of so much color. In the novel L. Frank Baum uses color to symbolize things.

In the begining of the book, the color gray is the only color used to describe Dorothy's aunt and uncle’s farm. This is showing how boring Dorothy's life is. It shows how she would love to be doing fun things, to have a friend, and that she isn’t like the rest of the people. Dorothy was constantly looking out into the fields and wondering if it was just a gray boring world she lived in. She wanted to explore, but her aunt always said no. Her aunt was described as gloomy and gray, same as her uncle. She did not want to grow up and become adventureless and boring like they had become. Baum writes “when Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her” (Baum 2). He then explains how she would get startled every time Dorothy

She is described as having red hair, white dress, and blue eyes. This is symbolizing America’s power in the world. Glinda has a lot of powerful in the land of Oz. She helps the ones who are in need and are to “low on the totem pole”to help themselves. America is just like this. They help other countries by lending them money after a natural disaster. Also, having refugees sent over to america to give them a better life, or just people in danger who need to be safe. Glinda helped keep the munchkins out of reach of the evil witch's powers. She helped keep dorothy safe along her travels down the yellow brick road so she could return to her home safely. Baum describes Glinda as in comparison to America because it shows how strong and powerful she