The Wizard of Oz as an Allegory
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Published in 1890, L. Frank BaumÆs The Wizard of Oz is often viewed as a study of history and economic policy in the U.S. as much as it is a beloved adventure story. The book was published during the Gilded Age, a time of wealthy robber barons who amassed great fortunes and a time when the free silver movement was pitted against the gold standard. According to Barlow (p. 476), ôThe book can be understood as an extended allusion to the æFree SilverÆ movement of the 1890s. Thus the Yellow Brick Road represents the Gold Standard, DorothyÆs Silver Shoes represent bimetallism, and the Cowardly Lion is William Jennings Bryan, and so on.öThe Wizard of Oz also serves as a history of the Populist movement of the era, complete with references to the Prohibitionists in the name of Doroth
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