Name: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum

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The Cast

Dorothy

Main · Kansas household

A Kansas girl in silver shoes stands on a yellow road, holding Toto while every strange country points her away from home.

Locations

Kansas Prairie and Farmhouse

prairie farmhouse

A small gray farmhouse stands alone on flat prairie, no tree or neighbor in sight.

Passage

How can hope survive in a place where even color seems to die?

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The Author’s Pen

The Great Gray Prairie

When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side. Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions. The sun had baked the plowed land into a gray mass, with little cracks running through it. Even the grass was not green, for the sun had burned the tops of the long blades until they were the same gray color to be seen everywhere. Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.

Reading

Everything Dorothy can see has been drained to the same color, and the passage keeps insisting on it: the land, the grass, even the paint on the house have all gone gray. This is the world she starts in, before the cyclone drops her into a place bursting with color, and Baum is building that contrast now so it will hit later. The sun does the killing here, baking and burning and blistering, so grayness feels less like a mood than like something forced on the whole place. Against all this flatness, a child and her dog are about to become the only things that move.

World Index

The Plot

The CycloneThe Silver Shoes and the Yellow Brick RoadGathering the CompanionsThe Road to the Emerald CityThe Great and Terrible OzThe Wicked Witch of the WestThe Man Behind the ScreenThere Is No Place Like Home

The Cast

DorothyTotoScarecrowTin WoodmanCowardly LionWizard of OzWicked Witch of the WestGlindaGood Witch of the NorthAunt EmUncle HenryWinged Monkey KingMunchkinsWinkiesWinged MonkeysGuardian of the GatesBoqQueen of the Field MiceSoldier with Green WhiskersGreen GirlHammer-HeadsChina PrincessForest BeastsQuadlingsWicked Witch of the EastMunchkin Maiden

Locations

Boq’s HouseDainty China CountryDark Forest and Kalidah CountryDeadly Poppy FieldEmerald CityEmerald City GatehouseForest of BeastsGlinda’s CastleHammer-Heads’ HillKansas Prairie and FarmhouseMunchkin CountryQuadling CountryRiver and Raft CrossingScarecrow’s CornfieldTin Woodman’s Forest ClearingWicked Witch’s Yellow CastleWizard’s Throne RoomYellow Brick Road

Objects of Note

BalloonBucket of WaterCowardly Lion’s CourageDorothy’s BasketGolden CapGood Witch’s KissGreen SpectaclesOil-CanScarecrow’s BrainsScarecrow’s PoleSilver ShoesTin Woodman’s AxeTin Woodman’s HeartWizard’s Screen

Core Concepts

False authority can still produce real beliefFriendship works through practical rescueHome is belonging, not beautyInnocence changes power without wanting to ruleThe thing sought is already being practicedVisible guidance hides the deeper power in plain sightWhat people see is shaped by costume, color, and stagingWonder and danger are held inside a gentle fairy-tale tone

The Author's Pen

The House Rises Through AirDorothy Opens the DoorDorothy Called a SorceressThe Silver ShoesThe Witch's FarewellDorothy Starts Her JourneyThe Scarecrow SpeaksThe Scarecrow Wants BrainsThere Is No Place Like HomeThe Motionless Tin ManThe Loss of My HeartThe Lion's Beating HeartStarting for the Emerald CityThe Tree Across the DitchThe Sleep of the PoppiesThe Mice Can HelpThe Mice Draw the LionThe Locked SpectaclesThe Green CityDorothy Before the Great OzOz as a Terrible BeastOz Names His PriceThe Winged Monkeys AttackThe Witch's Secret FearDorothy Dashes WaterThe Scarecrow RestoredDorothy Wears the Golden CapLost In The FieldsThe Little Old ManOz Gives Their GiftsA Very Bad WizardThe Balloon Rose Without HerThe Monkeys Cannot LeaveGlinda Might HelpWhat They Would Have LostDorothy Says Good ByeDorothy Asks About KansasHome Again

Plot point 01

The Cyclone

A Kansas cyclone lifts Dorothy’s whole house into the sky and drops it in a land of impossible color.

Objects of Note

Silver Shoes

The shoes that could take Dorothy home the whole time, and nobody told her.

The Cast

Toto

Main · Kansas household

A little black dog with bright eyes runs where he should not, and the great Wizard’s screen falls.

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The plot of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.

The Cyclone
The Silver Shoes and the Yellow Brick Road
Gathering the Companions
The Road to the Emerald City
The Great and Terrible Oz
The Wicked Witch of the West
The Man Behind the Screen
There Is No Place Like Home

The author's pen in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The passages themselves, L. Frank Baum's own words, as Literah maps it.

The Great Gray Prairiech. 1
The House Rises Through Airch. 1
Dorothy Opens the Doorch. 2
Dorothy Called a Sorceressch. 2
The Silver Shoesch. 2
The Witch's Farewellch. 2
Dorothy Starts Her Journeych. 3
The Scarecrow Speaksch. 3
The Scarecrow Wants Brainsch. 3
There Is No Place Like Homech. 4
The Motionless Tin Manch. 5
The Loss of My Heartch. 5
The Lion's Beating Heartch. 6
Starting for the Emerald Citych. 6
The Tree Across the Ditchch. 7
The Sleep of the Poppiesch. 8
The Mice Can Helpch. 9
The Mice Draw the Lionch. 9
The Locked Spectaclesch. 10
The Green Citych. 10

The characters of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Who is who, as Literah maps it.

Dorothymajor
Totomajor
Scarecrowmajor
Tin Woodmanmajor
Cowardly Lionmajor
Wizard of Ozmajor
Wicked Witch of the Westmajor
Glindasupporting
Good Witch of the Northsupporting
Aunt Emsupporting
Uncle Henrysupporting
Winged Monkey Kingsupporting
Guardian of the Gatesminor
Boqminor
Queen of the Field Miceminor
Soldier with Green Whiskersminor

The locations in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Where it happens, as Literah maps it.

Kansas Prairie and Farmhouseprairie farmhouse
Munchkin Countryenchanted region
Yellow Brick Roadroad
Boq’s Housemunchkin house
Scarecrow’s Cornfieldcornfield
Tin Woodman’s Forest Clearingforest clearing
Dark Forest and Kalidah Countryforest wilderness
River and Raft Crossingriver crossing
Deadly Poppy Fieldflower field
Emerald Citycity
Emerald City Gatehousegatehouse
Wizard’s Throne Roomthrone room
Wicked Witch’s Yellow Castlecastle
Dainty China Countryporcelain country

The core concepts in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.

Home is belonging, not beauty
The thing sought is already being practiced
False authority can still produce real belief
Friendship works through practical rescue
Innocence changes power without wanting to rule
Visible guidance hides the deeper power in plain sight
What people see is shaped by costume, color, and staging
Wonder and danger are held inside a gentle fairy-tale tone

The objects of note in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.

Silver Shoes
Golden Cap
Good Witch’s Kiss
Dorothy’s Basket
Scarecrow’s Pole
Tin Woodman’s Axe
Oil-Can
Green Spectacles
Wizard’s Screen
Balloon
Scarecrow’s Brains
Tin Woodman’s Heart
Cowardly Lion’s Courage
Bucket of Water

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