The Wiz

Antonia Sanders
September 22, 2009
AP English III
The Wiz
Dorothy is a girl who has to find herself and ends up doing that when she is taken on a journey. She comes across people and many obstacles but still manages to find her way in the end. It takes her to go on this journey to become a woman instead of a young lady who was afraid of new things.
In the beginning of the story Dorothy depends on others to do things for her. She doesn’t know the meaning of “independence” because she has never left her home and experienced more places in her lifetime. She refuses to get a better job to where she can earn more money and she’s afraid or shy to have a boyfriend in her life. Her aunt wants her to get out and try things on her own. She doesn’t want Dorothy to have to depend on others for the rest of her life.
Well while being taken to another place Dorothy has to depend on herself if she wants to get back to her hometown. On her journey she comes across three people a scarecrow, tin- man, and a lion. All four of these characters have their own problems in which they deal with together. They quickly build a bond together and become like this family. They care for each other and help each other when something happens.
There was a scene when the lion tries to jump off a cliff but Dorothy saves him. They all begin to show a sign of independence after that incident and they sing a song. In the song they all say how they are a “lion” and are strong, brave, and courageous. This shows that all of them are starting to have faith in themselves. Courage, heart, and brain can best be described for Dorothy. In the beginning it didn’t seem like she didn’t have much of a big heart and she just tried to escape from others, her brain was only focused on one thing which made her not wanting to accomplish other things in life, and she didn’t have a lot of courage. While the movie progressed she met new people who she cared for and helped them with things they couldn’t do for themselves, and she began to feel more courage in herself.
In the movie The Wiz many of the characters each learned something new. They clicked together, helped each other, and became a family. Each one learned how to be independent and what it really meant to do things for themselves.