The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a fictional adventure/fantasy that was written by L. Frank Baum in 1965. L. Frank Baum was born near Chittenango, New York in 1856. Frank grew up with a heart condition so he couldn’t play physically like other children so he developed a creative side, so he decided to write stories. The setting of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was set in with a happy society with some upsetting problems. The story was set in the 1950’s, the story started in Kansas and then it moved into a wonderful place called Oz. Dorothy lived in Kansas and grown up with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and her loving pet Toto. But one day on the farm a tornado came and she was in her bedroom listening to the wind which made her very tired so she fell fast asleep. She dreamed of the Land of Oz, a happy place with many happy little munchkins. In the Land of Oz she made many new friends such as the Scarecrow, Tin wood man, Cowardly lion and the witch of the North. These characters are showed through the plot of the book. Being the main character and protagonist Dorothy was a well-developed character. The story starts off when a tornado hits Kansas and Dorothy was in her room and she was listening to the wind, which had put her fast asleep. While Dorothy was dreaming she dreamed of the great and wonderful Wizard of Oz. When she got there in her house she landed on the wicked with of the East and all the munchkins were thanking her for killing the wicked witch. Then the little munchkins told her to follow the yellow brick road, so she did. While she was following the yellow brick road she met up with the tin woodsman, scarecrow, and the cowardly lion and they all became great friends. They all traveled together because they were all trying to find the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. During their trip they did run into some minor complications and the main conflict was introduced when the wic...
