What economic analogy is in the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Answer 1

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a quality is given to something to which it can't be applied literally. Two metaphors come to mind in regard to the 1939 film version of 'The Wizard of Oz'. One is the following:Toto is an escaped prisoner, the prison being an unjust one. This may be applied to the situation of Toto being confined within a basket while Almira Gulch bicycles him away from all he knows and loves. Toto manages to escape the confinement and run back to Dorothy Gale. The situation recalls that of a real prisoner who manages to escape unjust punishment in a real prison, such as in 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. Another is the following: Professor Marvel is a high flier. Marvel really doesn't fly high. But he's pretentious. Another way of saying that an individual is pretentious is by the phrase 'high flier'. At the same time, the phrase explains the situation with Professor Marvel's alter ego, the equally pretentious Wizard, in the beautiful, enchanted, magical lands of Oz. The Wizard indeed leaves Oz in a hot air balloon.

Answer 2

The controversy over the monetary standard or the dissipation of the Great Depression are economic analogies that may be found in the movie "The Wizard of Oz."

Specifically, the Yellow Brick Road leads from the rural Munchkin country to the Emerald City, the urban center in the magical lands of Oz. It therefore is viewed by some critics and viewers as an economic analogy for the nineteenth-century controversy over silver versus gold as the monetary standard. Additionally, the road is seen as an example of the many riotously vibrant colors by which Oz contrasts with stark Kansas. The contrast therefore is viewed by other critics and viewers as en economic analogy for the dissipation of the Great Depression and the growing domination of the cities over American national life.