What Is The Metaphor In The Wizard Of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of OZ Metaphor Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, claimed that his book was majorly a children story. Over time, his book would mark a major part of the American pop culture and was adapted into films to the delight of many people irrespective of their ages. Baum’s fairy tale would, however, be analyzed by to reveal that the book was actually a metaphor of the populist movement in the 1890s. As Taylor points out, the characters in the Wonderful Wizard of OZ closely represents the major participants and events of the agrarian revolt that was witnessed in the Midwest (Taylor 414). Taylor follows the storyline and exposes the metaphors as follows. Dorothy’s twister-tossed abode docked on the impious Witch of the East and killing her on the spot. Dorothy comes out of the house and found herself in a strange and beautiful land, and received a warm welcome from the Munchkins who celebrated the Witch’s death. While the witch represents the eastern fiscal industrial concerns and their gold
The brainless scarecrow is deemed to represent the Mid Western farmers who exhibited the sense of self-doubt and inferiority as a result of the many years of hardship and the subjection to ridicule. In addition, populist leaders such as Sockless Jerry Simpson and William Prefer were often depicted as tricked simpletons who never understood the real nature of their economic plight. An instance is also shown in the book when a great yellow wildcat attacked the Field Mice’s queen. The tin man slew it and rescued the queen from her enemy. The yellow cat is deemed a representation of the antagonistic power of gold which by killing the cat, the tin man symbolically kills the main enemy of the people. Also consistent with the importance the common folks assumed in Bryan’s attempt for presidency is the prompt support of the mice (Taylor