In the novel, play and film "The Wizard of Oz", there were several opinions that explained the argument over whether Frank Baum whether or not he intended to use the story of the “Wizard of Oz.” as a parable about the populist movement. Since its first publication in 1900, Lyman Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been very popular with all age groups, providing the basis for a hit musical, three films, and a number of plays on Broadway. It is an original creation, curiously warm and touching, although no one is quite sure why, despite its acceptance by generations of readers, Baum's story has received neither praise nor critical examination. An interested scholar, such as Martin Gardiner, considered The Wizard of Oz to be the first sequel in a series of Oz stories and probably based his appreciation of Baum's talent on all of his works. However, at that time in history, politics needed a party that had more reasoning and sense, or hopefully more sense than just nominating someone to fill an office. The populist party had thought deeply about why big business ruled the majority country. Basically, they saw that the railroads, telegraph companies, and banks ran America. For this reason, they wanted the government to control these important things, hence small businesses. Of course, given the low crop prices, farmers were one of the main advocates of this idea and would soon become corrupt. Similarly, Frank Baum moved to the Midwest at the height of the Populist movement and witnessed many of the hardships that small farms withstood. . Baum understood the farmers' problems and supported their demand for government regulation of railroads and other large businesses. Ba...... middle of paper ......es became smarter and began to gain more control against the manipulative East and West coasts. Dorothy is the most important character because she shows that one person can make a difference. Thinking back on the similarities between the Populist movement and the world-famous story of Frank Baum, there is no doubt in my mind that Baum did not at least have some idea of ​​a parable about the Populist movement when he wrote it. wrote. Although the novel is a simple children's novel and contains all the qualities that a typical fairy tale should have, Baum clearly had an indirect theory behind it. His family may deny this theory and there is no empirical evidence that Baum wrote the novel as a parable. However, the immense quantity and accuracy of the links still makes me firmly believe that Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz" as a parable about the populist movement..