Wizard of Oz

        The film The Wizard of Oz is definitely about the concept of returning home. This is made clear throughout the film. Dorothy's entire time in Oz is spent trying to get back home to Kansas. Then when she gets back home she tells Aunt Em that 'all I kept saying to everybody was 'I want to go home.'' This fits perfectly with the time, 1939, that The Wizard of Oz was produced. One reason was …

…be looked at. In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy goes to Oz to work out anxiety brought on by witnessing the primal scene between her two parental figures. She also is experiencing many changes within herself that she needs to deal with. Dorothy's return to Kansas is marked by a new sense of sexuality and femininity, as well as a better understanding of herself. Dorothy returned home ready to participate fully in the adult community