Can you tell me about the story of the Wizard of Oz?

Question

there is some kind of an underlying story line behind it and that is what I want to know, not sure what it is though, it is not that it is home sweet home is the best place to be even though that is a good moral to the story, I want to know the fascination behind what you actually see what is that

Answer 1

It's a morality story about being content at home because all things you need are already there.

Answer 2

The Wizard of Oz--my all-time favorite movie--is anything but a kid's movie. The philosophical lessons about life and the pursuit of happiness are profound. You are exactly right: the fundamental theme of this classic film is not that there's "no place like home." The main point that this movie conveys is that we all have what it takes to be whatever we want to be. The scarecrow didn't realize just how smart he was. The tin man never thought he had a heart. The lion showed courage that he didn't think he had. None of them realized that the attributes they so desperately desired were part of who they were all along. All they needed was validation. And that's what the Wizard did for each of them.

Answer 3

If we're talking about story the way I've been taught to define it--that is, as the emotional content of the book and/or the film--then there's a lot to discuss.

It was recently pointed out to me--and I readily agree--that The Wizard of Oz is a coming of age story. It's about growing up, about learning to solve your own problems instead of constantly turning to others for help. Dorothy's major flaw is that she's afraid to grow up. Instead of standing up to Miss Gulch when she comes for Toto, she turns to her aunt and uncle for help. She turns to the fortune teller for help, she turns to Glinda, she turns to the Wizard himself--until finally, the Witch lights the Scarecrow on fire and at last Dorothy is galvanized into taking matters into her own hands.

Notice how the experience changes her. At the beginning of the film, she sings about flying over the rainbow and finding happiness in a faraway place. At the end of the movie, she's chanting, "There's no place like home."

Both book and film are prime examples of great story structure--you might have fun reading the book and seeing the film and then comparing the two and coming to your own conclusions.

Answer 4

Yeah... I sure can: Osborne Earl Smith is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball, a 13-time Gold Glove Award winner who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002. He is widely cited as the greatest defensive player of all time, and carried the nickname "The Wizard of Oz."

Answer 5

1) Tornado
2) House falls on wicked witch
3)Good witch shows up - gives Dorothy ruby slippers
4) Wicked witch's sister shows up - not happy
5) Follow the yellow brick road
6)Meets scarecrow
7)Meets Tinman
8)Meets Cowardly Lion
9)Goes to see Wizard
10) Captured by witch
11) Rescued - witch destroyed by water
12) Return to Wizard with broom
13) Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain
14)Brains, heart and courage distributed
15) Hot air balloon leaves without Dorothy
16)Dorothy wakes up in Kansas
17) There's no place like home.

That about covers it - unless you want to know about the part where the guy hangs himself and is seen in the movie- but they cut that out now, only in old videos. Pax - C.

Answer 6

A young girl, Dorothy, gets involved with a tornado in her home town of Kansas. She ends up getting knocked unconscious and has a dream that involves her loved ones becoming a scarecrow, tinman, and lion. Her goal in her dream is to go back home. The goal of the scarecrow is to get a brain. The goal of the tinman is to get a heart. The goal of the lion is to gain courage. All four of them have to seek the wizard for their desires while being chased by an evil witch who wants the ruby slippers that is stuck on Dorothy. In the end, all is well, and everyone gets what they deserve.

Answer 7

It's about a girl named Dorothy and her dog Toto who live in Kansas who travel to a different world inside a hurricane, where they accidentally kill the Wicked Witch of the East and take the witch's ruby slippers. Then Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, tells them that to return to Kansas they have to go to the Wizard of Oz. On the way they meet lots of different characters who join them in their journey. They also have to defeat the Wicked Witch of the West, who wants revenge for her sister's death and wants the ruby slippers.

Answer 8

Wizard if oz trivia, there si suppose to be a cast member who hangs themself in the background of one of the scenes of the wizard of oz, it happens so fast, it is hard to see. I can't tell you the exact google search for it, maybe the person ahnging themself in the wizard of oz, I think.

Answer 9

Well this is pretty much my favorite classic film of all time, and it's really for any age group. If you want to know about the movie just go here, it explains everything about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_%281939_film%29

Answer 10

these answers are all correct but what about that theory about it being a political satire, with the scarecrow being the agricultural workers, the tin man being the industrial workers and the lion ....well actually, just read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz

by the way im not trying to ruin the movie, its one of my favorites, but i always noticed this stuff in it after i took american history in high school haha.