"Oh, no, my dear; I'm really
a very Good Man; but
I'm a very bad Wizard."
DOUGLAS A. JONES, JR., HUMANITIES SCHOLAR:
Baum does not cast The Wizard as a villain figure, but rather
he sees The Wizard as playing a
very particular kind of function for this group of people
who want something.
He suggests that if
Deception can fulfill one's desires,
there is a need for that.
SUSAN ARONSTEIN,
LITERARY SCHOLAR :
If you think about what
The Cowardly Lion,
The Scarecrow and
The Tin Man all want —
What The Wizard gives them
isn't that thing, but because
they believe it’s that thing,
that actually does
magically transform them.
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