with the wizard of oz we see Dorothy as more of a girl with a lot of personal situation she seems to have a lot of characteristic of a very lost teenage girl that is trying to find herself. threw out the story it takes three male characters to get her to where she needs to go, which I thought was funny, because the wizard of oz seems to uses the roles that we have put in place of each other in western culture. that this girl can not make it threw this journey with out the help of these men, but whats weird is that Dorothy is the strong one in the group and that all the male characters have qualities that I think a lot of men try to gain. knowledge, courage and compassion. Even the witches play the role of a mother figure and the wizard plays the father, as the person to go to fix her problems.
its a coming of age story of a young girl finding her self and is built to teach young people basic life lessons about growing up as well as putting a little bit of role play.
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