Who Is The Evil In The Wizard Of Oz

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Lastly, The Wizard of Oz is the character who known by other witches, sorceressess and wizards as the Great Wizard. Yet , it is understood that he is just an illustrator. When he wants from Dorothy and her companions to kill the Wicked Witch of the West in return for his favours and they actually did this after several adventures, Dorothy and her companions come to the Wizard of Oz again, Dorothy tells him the death of Wicked Witch and reminds him the promise which he gave to them. He tells them to come back tomorrow but Lion gets mad and give a so violent roar that Toto accidently takes down a screen. Behind that, there was "a little old man, with a bald head and wrinkled face" (Baum 84). So, these four comrades think that he is a fraud. But Oz tells his story, how he was carried to this country by a balloon and built the Emerald City and its illustration. …show more content…

He makes his explanation and promises to help them anyway. The nexy day, Oz grants their wishes. He provides Scarecrow with a brain, Tin Woodman with a heart and The Lion with courage but cannot grant Dorothy's wish. Because it requires much more effort to send her and her dog back to the Kansas because there is a desert which is hard to pass. Wizard of Oz implies it by saying, “ 'It was easy to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and the Woodman happy, because they imagined that I could do anything. But it will take more than imagination to carry Dorothy back to Kansas, and I’m sure I don’t know how it can be done.' ” (Baum 92). He says he is sure that he does not know but after a few days he finds a way to pass the desert. His only decifiency was not to believe in himself. He decides to go with Dorothy to the Kansas with a hot air balloon. He and Dorothy make