Chapter 4
No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful.Read in Books4Free →
Theme: Home and Belonging
From The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy's longing for gray Kansas over technicolor Oz is the novel's emotional spine--home is defined by love, not beauty.
Chapter 11
Dorothy explains to the Wizard why she must return: 'Kansas is not a beautiful country... but I would rather be there.'
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