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Scarecrow In The Wizard Of Oz
The Wizard of Oz-Expository #2
All the scarecrow, from The Wizard of Oz movie based on the book by L. Frank Baum, has ever wanted is a brain but what he doesn't quite understand is that he already has it. Although physically he lacks just about everything but straw he has the ability to reason, comprehend, and make decisions. When Dorothy first comes across the scarecrow, not long after she’s started her journey on the yellow brick road, she hears a voice saying which way to go but cannot tell who is speaking. Finally she notices the scarecrow on his post. He is very clumsy as well as sad about his lack of brains but as soon as he starts speaking it’s obvious that he has some sort of brain if he can reason the way he does. When Dorothy first

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