In the story “The Wizard of Oz”, Color plays a big part in identification, power, and description. The color gives the reader a way to see what everything is easily. Everything is defined by one of the seven main colors used in the book which are red, blue, green, purple, silver, gold, and yellow. Color is a great way to make any scene or story better by giving the reader an accurate mental image of what is going on in the story.
The idea of color as Identification in The novel is important because it separates everyone based on where they are from or who/what they are. This is demonstrated through the Munchkins wearing blue and the Emerald City being green. When Dorothy first comes to the Land of Oz, she sees that the houses she sees are blue and that means that they belong to the munchkins. Even the munchkins wear blue clothes. In Emerald City, everyone is known to wear green and live in a green city which is Emerald city. Identification would be difficult without the use of color in this novel.
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The witches robe shows that she is evil and dark. The color green shows the higher class of people. The Oz is green which tells the reader that he is powerful and strong. The use of color for Power is well used because it connect to the idea of identification and how it shows that the Oz (who is green), is more powerful than the munchkins (who are blue). The color green represents high power or wealth which is shown in the Emerald