[FUN WITH READING 2018-20229B] The Wizard of Oz

20229 陳威宇 (CHEN, WEI-YU)

[BOOK PROFILE]
TITLE OF THE BOOK:  The Wizard of Oz
NAME OF THE AUTHOR: Frank Baum
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1998

ISBN:  978-0-19-478926-4

The Wizard of Oz

This is a story about Dorothy, a little girl that lived in Kansas and one day got sucked up by a cyclone. By the time she woke up, she was in Oz, a world of wizards and magicians. Dorothy’s mission to find a way home began. The author of this book might be someone who lived in Kansas before or felt the pain of cyclones. The purpose of this story is to tell the readers about the adventure that Dorothy had been through. The author wrote the book for anyone who enjoys reading fantasy and fiction stories. This story is subjective, the characters and stories were mainly made up.

The story introduces Dorothy, a happy girl who lived in Kansas. But one day, a cyclone came and blew her house away from Kansas to a Oz. Dorothy wanted to go back home and stay with her family. People in Oz told Dorothy that the wizard of Oz was the only person that could help her. On Dorothy’s way to the wizard, she met Scarecrow, who wanted a brain, the tin man, who wanted a  heart, and the coward lion, who wanted to be brave. They followed the yellow brick road to where the wizard was at, the Emerald city. As they got to the city, they went to the wizard’s castle and met up with the wizard. The wizard look different from each one of Dorothy’s friends, but wanted them to do the same thing, to defeat the bad witches. Therefore, Dorothy and her friends went on another adventure to defeat the witches who lived in the east and the west. But as they went back to the wizard again, they found out that the wizard was nothing but an old man who also came from Kansas, and got stranded here with his hot air balloon.

After that, he started to rebuild his hot air balloon, filled the scarecrow’s head with a bottle of Brain, stuck a heart pendant on the tin man’s chest, and fed the lion a piece of Bravery. By doing so, everyone was happy. Dorothy and the old man went back to Kansas by his balloon. But as the balloon took off, for not leaving Dorothy’s dog Toto, she didn’t got on the balloon. So she went to the south to find the good witch. The witch of the south told Dorothy that by casting a spell “East, West home is the best,” she could go home instantly. So Dorothy successfully went back to Kansas and lived on with her family once again.

After reading this story, I think it is very heartwarming, because Dorothy’s friends weren’t missing anything in their body, but faith in themselves. The wizard didn’t do anything either, and he just gave them faith, and it was the part which I enjoyed the most. Traveling is sure to be fun, but after the journey, home is the best place to stay.