{"id":413,"date":"2022-02-24T05:12:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T05:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=413"},"modified":"2022-04-08T21:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T21:58:41","slug":"blog-post-5-what-on-earth-is-the-wizard-of-oz-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/02\/24\/blog-post-5-what-on-earth-is-the-wizard-of-oz-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 5: What on Earth is “The Wizard of Oz”?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The communicator of the Wizard of Oz is the author, L. Frank Baum. He focuses heavily on Dorothy and her discoveries in the magical land she finds herself in. The story is narrated from the omnipresent third-person perspective of someone who is sort of learning more about the Emerald City and its inhabitants alongside Dorothy. As mentioned in the introduction of the book, the intended audience is largely younger people or maybe caregiving figures who read to younger children. I see this story as one that appeals to children looking to expand\/challenge themselves or that appeals to the metaphorical, imaginative inner children in all of us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’d like to focus on a quote from the “Cowardly” Lion towards the end of chapter 18. A significant moment in the Lion’s journey of self-improvement and self-acceptance is when he proudly declares “‘I am really a wild beast… Dorothy will need someone to protect her.’\u201d Throughout the introduction of this character in chapter 6, the Lion is insecure about his power and cowardice which ultimately motivates him to join Dorothy’s journey to Oz in search of courage. One of the first ways Dorothy addresses the Lion is by describing him as a “wild beast” who will protect them from other wild beasts. Self-identifying as “wild” and volunteering for a somewhat dangerous position protecting Dorothy on her journey to Glinda the Good Witch in chapter 18 is a turning point in the Lion’s journey towards gaining courage and self-assuredness. In this context, “wildness” refers to the natural self and the unfiltered identity of the Lion.<\/span><\/p>

– Tsion Teffera<\/span><\/p>\n

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