Teresa
There is so much that is different from the film versions that I am familiar with. This is the original version by L. Frank Baum and the famous film versions would be better classified as “inspired by” or “based on”. However, the basic story is still the same and is quite enjoyable.
The journey through Oz brings together three friends, a young girl from Kansas, a newly made scarecrow, a tin woodsman, and a lion. Each are on a journey to find what they desire: a home, brains, a heart, and courage. Through this journey they each show attributes of what they desire, but they do not see that they have these attributes.
The scarecrow wants brains, but he is the smart one in the journey. He is constantly putting forth ideas on how to help the companions out of dire situations. The tin man wants a heart, but he shows compassion when he harms other creatures or when his companions come to harm. The lion says he is cowardly, but he shows great courage is many incidents when the companions are in trouble. They do not see that they already have what they desire to get from the wizard. The wizard does not really give them anything of value, he just tricks them into thinking that he has. They still use their talents that in reality they have always had.
The differences I see right away: there are only three people at the opening of the story in Kansas (Dorothy, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry); The Good Witch of the North, is an old woman, not the young glamorous woman we are familiar with. Glinda is the Good Witch of the South in L. Frank Baum’s original version. There are also incidents as the companions are traveling that are described differently or are left out of the film versions entirely. Be this as it may, the story is still very good. It is nice to see the differences and read the original story to compare how the telling has changed over the years.
There is so much that is different from the film versions that I am familiar with. This is the original version by L. Frank Baum and the famous film versions would be better classified as “inspired by” or “based on”. However, the basic story is still the same and is quite enjoyable.
The journey through Oz brings together three friends, a young girl from Kansas, a newly made scarecrow, a tin woodsman, and a lion. Each are on a journey to find what they desire: a home, brains, a heart, and courage. Through this journey they each show attributes of what they desire, but they do not see that they have these attributes.
The scarecrow wants brains, but he is the smart one in the journey. He is constantly putting forth ideas on how to help the companions out of dire situations. The tin man wants a heart, but he shows compassion when he harms other creatures or when his companions come to harm. The lion says he is cowardly, but he shows great courage is many incidents when the companions are in trouble. They do not see that they already have what they desire to get from the wizard. The wizard does not really give them anything of value, he just tricks them into thinking that he has. They still use their talents that in reality they have always had.
The differences I see right away: there are only three people at the opening of the story in Kansas (Dorothy, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry); The Good Witch of the North, is an old woman, not the young glamorous woman we are familiar with. Glinda is the Good Witch of the South in L. Frank Baum’s original version. There are also incidents as the companions are traveling that are described differently or are left out of the film versions entirely. Be this as it may, the story is still very good. It is nice to see the differences and read the original story to compare how the telling has changed over the years.