The main content and creative background of The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is the first and representative work of the series of classic fairy tales The Wizard of Oz by lyman frank baum, a famous American children's literature writer. The Wizard of Oz has been translated into more than 20 languages since it came out a hundred years ago, and countless cartoons, movies and stage plays have been adapted from this story. The following introduces the related contents of the Wizard of Oz for your reference only.

The main content of The Wizard of Oz The protagonist in the story is a little girl named Dorothy. She lives in the middle of the Kansas prairie with her uncle Henry and sister-in-law Amy in her arms. Because of a tornado, she and her puppy were caught in a strange world. They went to the fairy to let themselves go home.

On the way, she met a scarecrow without a brain, a tin man without a heart and a lion without courage. They became friends and went to find the fairy with Dorothy. There are many strange things along the way. Finally, the Scarecrow became the leader of emerald city, the Tin Man became the leader of the Winkies, the lion became the king of an ancient forest, and Dorothy and her dog returned home.

Frank, the background author of The Wizard of Oz? Baum was born into a wealthy family of business owners. He was sickly since childhood and was taken special care of by his family. His fascination with fairy tales and fantasy stories almost reached the level of "daydreaming". His parents worried that it would affect his character development and decided to send him to a military school. The rigorous life in the military academy did not improve his character, but led to his mental breakdown. His parents had to take him home from the military school and let him develop his interests.

Baum showed his talent for writing and telling stories since he was a child, and the family newspaper he started at the age of 15 has achieved certain success in the local area. When he was fascinated by drama creation, his father bought him several theaters, which gave him a chance to give full play to his talents. Baum has a wide range of interests. As an adult, he has engaged in various occupations, including journalist, editor, actor, company employee, small farmer, grocery store owner and so on. For a long time, he had to travel around the world for business, and his footprints even reached China. Travel has greatly broadened his knowledge. After his father died, his family went into decline. He worked hard, but his business failed.

Baum is addicted to fantasy, easy-going and indecisive. This character made him fail almost everywhere in the commercial society. When he was a grocery store owner, children liked to patronize it. He spends most of his time telling stories to children. At that time, Baum, who had a bad year and an easy-going personality, often asked his neighbors to pay for it. With such a boss, it is strange that the grocery store will not close down!

Children are the only group who admire Baum very much. They all think that he is a genius in telling stories. In the city where he later settled, children often stopped him on the road and insisted on telling a story. Baum is like a story-telling perpetual motion machine, which can make up a fantastic fairy tale at any time.

One night, when he was telling stories to his sons, he suddenly had unprecedented inspiration. While calming the child down, he grabbed a piece of paper to write on and recorded the inspiration excitedly. This is a story about emerald city, which is the original idea of Oates' adventure story.

The Wizard of Oz introduces lyman frank baum lyman frank baum (1856- 19 19), a children's literature writer, who was born in a wealthy family in Chitnango, New York, USA. I loved fantasy since I was a child and started writing inspired by my father.

He wrote 55 novels, 83 short stories and more than 200 poems in his life. The first novel, The Story of Mother Goose, was published 1897. After a lapse of three years, The Wizard of Oz was published and became the best-selling children's book in America for two consecutive years. In the next 20 years, he wrote 13 series of novels set in the country of Oz. 1939, MGM Film Company put The Wizard of Oz on the big screen and became a classic in film history.