Wizard of Oz- How Is Dorothy a Feminist Hero?

In what ways merchantman Dorothy be draw as a feminist hero? In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. blunt Baum has made sure there is a feminist hero in his al-Quran. This is because every i should see an example of a good feminist hero, especially just about the time when this book was written in 1900, it was very rargon to canvass a book with any sort of feminism in it. Dorothy passim the book, shows human material bodyy noble-minded acts supporting the idea that she is a feminist hero. When L. blackguard Baum is talking about Dorothy in the book, she is always leading the domiciliate of the characters.During the book whenever the characters come a bumble danger Dorothy is usually the one to stand up for them and not just thinking of herself. Dorothy is always seconding the characters out sort of of waiting for one of the priapic characters to help them instead. When L. Frank Baum is describing Dorothy and her friends, Dorothy is always described as independent and compet ent, the reasons why is because she leads and suggests the way to everyone so she doesnt contrive to always rely on everyone else.We are told how Dorothy discovers the tin wood man (p. 34), how Dorothy tells everyone that we must cross this strange place in order to rent to the other side she says this without worrying and she is taking awaken (p. 167) and how Dorothy builds everyone a agile fire (p. 50). In the book leadership plays a strong firearm of Dorothys characteristics as she is not always relying on others for direction. Throughout the story, we are lead to see that Dorothy is a strong, competent and independent character.These are of import qualities for any feminist to have, because if they werent strong or they were dependant on others, they wouldnt be able to achieve anything in their lives and they wouldnt be able to lead others. Dorothy always tries to help out even in dangerous situations, proving that she is not cowardly. There is evidence of this when Doroth y slaps the lion on the nose, later on fearing for Totos safety (p. 3), she also speaks to the lion and sternly says Dont you dare bite Toto You ought to be ashamed of yourself (p. 43). Dorothy helps her friends to push the raft ashore, this retch her life in danger but she still helped them (p. 60). These examples start to hit an image of a character that is very hold and not in any way a cowardly or frightened person. By using these examples in the book, L. Frank Baum has created a brave and heroic primary(prenominal)(prenominal) character for the story. This an be just of the features of a feminist hero because if Dorothy is brave it means that she is not afraid to stand up for herself as headspring as her friends, meaning that Dorothy is mentally strong. Baum has described Dorothy as very kind to everyone and that she likes to help others, instead of waiting for one of the male characters to come and help instead. We can see examples of this when Dorothy asks the tin woo dman what can I do for you? , he is a complete stranger but this doesnt devil her as she can see that he needs help (p. 5), when Dorothy helps guiltless the front man from the pole that he is stuck to and later befriending him (p. 22), when they are trying to cross the hill the lion and the tin woodman get knocked to the ground, Dorothy ran down and helped the scarecrow to his feet. (p. 208). These acts of kindness show that Dorothy is a very kind, caring and helpful misfire and is always willing to help someone in need, no study what. It doesnt worry her that she is female and traditionally the male characters take charge and rescue everyone.This is important because, if she didnt help out and stood back for the male characters to help out then she wouldnt be thought of as, a feminist because all the male characters would be in charge and in power not her, and if she wasnt kind to others then no one would postulate to know her and she would have no one to help, stand up for or be a hero to. L. Frank Baum has made Dorothy an light(a) character to get along with so that people will want to get to know her and they will have a hero to meet up to. Dorothy being helpful and kind is very important for her and is the main reason why everybody likes to be in her company.In conclusion we can see that L. Frank Baum, throughout the story tells us of many heroic acts that Dorothy has achieved, proving that she is a feminist hero. During the book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is always leading the rest of the characters, whenever the characters come across danger Dorothy always stands up for the others and Dorothy is always fortune others instead of waiting for one of the male characters to help. Baum uses these examples to create a feminist hero for the story, instead of having the usual dominant male character.