The Wizard of Oz as an Allegory
- An allegory is “the expression of truths about human conduct and experience by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions.” The Wizard of Oz was an allegory of the alleged totalitarian world government that was instituted in America through the stockmarket crash of 1929 and the bankruptcy of the United States in 1933.
- The twister: the whirling, all-encompasing confusion of the Great Depression, the stock-market crash, the U.S. Bankruptcy, and the theft of America's gold.
- Dorothy: young, naive. Represents the general American public. She is led astray, and follows the idea of the Emerald City
- Emerald City: an idealized, fictional place - the same concept of paper money
- The Wizard: an evil politician, without true power
- The Yellow Brick Road : the Gold Standard (money fixed to a specific amount of gold)
- The Scarecrow: farmers and their struggles towards the end of the 19th century
- The Tin-man: an industrial worker.
- The Cowardly Lion: Williams Jennings Brian (Populist, Democratic Candidate)
- The Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Gulch symbolize Judges and Attorneys — primary agents for the transfer of all wealth in America from the people to the United States, the United Nations, and the international banks
- The Wizard of Oz” = “Wizard of Ounces”, of silver and gold.
- In the end, everything works out for Dorothy (the American people)