Hayden, Kaden, Hayley, Lekseee THE WIZARD OF OZ AND POPULISM.
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Hayden, Kaden, Hayley, Lekseee
THE WIZARD OF OZ AND POPULISM
POPULISM• “The movement of the people”
• Founded in 1892
• A base of political power
• Demanded reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers to give people a greater voice in their government.
DOROTHY• Dorothy is thought to represent the american people and their values.
• Another belief is that she represented president theodore roosevelt, because of the similarities in their names. Think: Dor-o-thy, The-o-dore.
THE TIN MAN• Represents the nations industry workers.
• How their heart isn’t really in their work, and his rusty condition represents how bad the working conditions were for the workers.
• He represents the workers that felt like they were being dehumanized, and the government was forcing them to work.
THE COWARDLY LION• Represented a politician named William Jennings Bryan who supported the free silver
movement.
• Bryan was seen as having all bark but no bite, hence “The Cowardly Lion”
THE SCARECROW
• The scarecrow represents the farmers of the United States.
• His lack of a brain is supposed to represent the lack of education that most of the farmers had in that time period.
• They had many troubles late in the 19 th century, but were very honest people just like the scarecrow, who didn’t have a brain but was one of the best problem solvers in the movie.
THE WINGED MONKEYS• Compared to the Native Americans
• When immigrants migrated from the east they basically forced the Natives to do what they say.
WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
• Compared to William McKinley who assassinated William Bryant. (West Coast Banker)
• She was destroyed by water, the water represents the rain that relieves the mid-west drought and saves farmers.
• Prevents repossession by the banks
THE WIZARD OF OZ • He’s a little man with no power that people assume he possesses.
• He represents the President of the United States.
• When people realize he doesn’t have the power he seems to they think the Scarecrow (farmers) could make a better president.
GLINDA THE GOOD WITCH
• She wants peace and issues to be fixed in Emerald City.
• She represents the Southern citizens.
YELLOW BRICK ROAD• Represents the Gold Standard with the gold leading to power
SILVER SLIPPERS• Represents Bimetallism
• This would have the monetary system fixed so the dollar would have both parts gold, and silver.
• It also may represent the power to vote.
EMERALD PALACE AND EMERALD CITY• Represents the White House and Washington D.C.
• http://voices.yahoo.com/political-symbolism-the-wizard-oz-book-movie-561662.html