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Money and Politics - History
There has been massive debate on what Frank Baum's actual intentions were when he authored the famous 'Wizard of Oz' story tale. In the tale, Dorothy of Kansas traverses the land and the golden roads therein, in silver shoes. In so doing, she comes across a number of friendly and unfriendly, influential and powerless figures. At first, the tale was considered just that - a children's tale. However, deeper investigations revealed that the story was more than just a tale. Baum favored the Republican Party, and had made use of imagery to depict Kansas' negative political image which the rival Populists, who dominated the area then, had created. The images used in the tale, and the political aspects they have been interpreted to represent are listed below.
Dorothy's dull relatives: used to show the dull, unproductive, and uninhabitable nature of Kansas at the time, as characterized by the severe winters, droughts and grasshopper invasions.
The twister: the cyclone...
The idea is to show the manner in which the prohibitionists blindly, and without question, followed the populists.
The Munchkins Witch: Due to her powers, she mistreats the Munchkins and uses them as slaves. People are liberated and rejoice at her death. She represents the selfish Populist administrators, who sought to satisfy their personal gains, at the expense of the local Kansas community.
Silver Shoes: The Munchkins were ignorant of the great fortune that came with the silver shoes. Similarly, the locals were exploited due to their ignorance on money matters. They were made to believe that gold and silver were responsible for their misfortunes.
The Scarecrow, Tin man and the Lion: the scarecrow, first depicted as one who is unable to think, and then later as an intelligent character, represents the ignorant farmers who have…
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They are only trying to justify their actions; they are handing excuses, telling the events as they happened. And in the end maybe these characters do find an excuse, the one that they are both human, bound to fail and to be influenced, sharing the same planet and dealing with the same kind of people. The two personages enjoyed having power and realized in the end that having power