The Scarecrow And The Tin Woodman Summary

The Scarecrow’s not that bright, let’s face it. In The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, author L. Frank Baum develops his conflict around this major point. He creates this conflict using a simple diction, sparse imagery, a mocking, humorous tone, and more or less direct characterization of the Scarecrow as a foolish child. Finally, he uses this conflict to argue against the growing upper class, which in the early 1900s when The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman was written was growing rapidly and contributing to a falling standard of living for the middle and lower classes.
From the outset of the story, Baum uses simplistic diction, making the story less wordy and more informal. His succinct descriptions of “black crows,” “the breeze swaying