Dorothy and the Silver Shoes
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is too long to be a parable and not quite didactic enough to be an allegory. Still, the main characters (Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion) embody tra...
Dorothy's Companions (and the Wizard's Gifts)
Like Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion embody traditional American values. The Scarecrow symbolizes intelligence and cunning; he's always coming up with good ideas that help the...
The Yellow Brick Road
It's really very simple. The road symbolizes life, man. And on the yellow brick road that is life, things aren't always going to be easy. As you travel, you'll make friends and you'll make enemies....
The Wizard
We'll spare you the elaborate academic theories on how the story is an allegory about politics and money. (Anyway, we think they seem a little far-fetched.) But the Wizard of Oz himself could defin...