CerebralMix 2015-07-12: Wonderful Wizard of Oz Ep 5 starts reaching the critical point of the novel. The Wicked Witch has been melted, which the author seems to have gone to great lengths to say instead of saying that she has been killed. And now the group travels back to the Emerald City, only to discover that Oz is not really the great Wizard that everyone thinks he is.
And, in hearing his story we have to think about what the book is really about. We hear all about how he deceived Dorothy, The Tin Woodsman, The Scarecrow, and The Cowardly Lion. But if those were his only deceptions, we might understand why he went to these great lengths: to try to find someone to handle the single greatest remaining danger of the Land of Oz.
Instead we hear a story of how he deceived the people into building The Emerald City. How he has tricked them for many years. And how he has made promises to Dorothy and everyone else that he has no way (or intention) of keeping.
Now the question I have always wondered is, is it better to teach children that we can ignore all the wrongs that someone does, in order to allow them to do something right? I think the saying has always been that two wrongs don’t make a right? And, the concept that “the ends justifies the means” has been shown time and again to be wrong. So, why is it okay in children’s literature? Just something to think about as I think it really is telling of the type of society that we have come to live in.
Readings
The readings for this, and in fact all the Wonderful Wizard of Oz series, come from Librivox. This is an exceptional dramatic reading that features a very talented cast. Be sure to check out the full recording of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
This, and all Librivox recordings, are based on works that are in the Public Domain. The full text of the book that they are reading from is available via Project Gutenberg. You can check out the full text of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz eBook if you’d like to read along with the Librivox recording.
Listen Hear
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00:00 CerebralMix Wonderful Wizard of Oz Ep 5: Intro / Chapter 13
00:08 Literature L o v e
00:12 Beltaine’s Fire The Glasgow Reel (Tamh Lin)
00:17 The Honorable Sleaze I Go So In
00:20 One Tasty Morsel 5 ‘o’ Clock Shadow
00:29 Cousin Silas and Kevin Lyons Fire and Ice
00:35 We Are Invisible Now Phillip Wilkerson – Unseen Unnoticed
00:39 EXIT project Not Dark, Not Empty, But Nothing
00:44 CL Smooth Smoke In The Air (DJ Racy A.J Remix)
00:49 U.M.M. O Mineiro (A.D.A.C. 8286 Remix)
00:55 Shsk’h O Solitude
01:01 CerebralMix Wonderful Wizard of Oz Ep 5: Chapter 14
01:13 Shredderghost Figure Of Empty Repose
01:18 Cloudkicker Oh, god.
01:24 Made of Wood Fire Up the Sidewalk
01:28 Joost Egelie Now More Than Ever
01:36 Planet Boelex & Lisa’s antenna Are You There
01:42 Mista 93 Night Drive On Empty Streets
01:46 lax-o-mat Entier
01:50 Ergo Phizmiz Pot Bellied March and Rumpus
01:55 Builders The Clouds Are Ours to Envy
01:59 CerebralMix Wonderful Wizard of Oz Ep 5: Chapter 15
02:19 Aaron Jasinski Single Fill Lines
02:23 Eric Kamen Silk On Skin
02:27 Random Angels Breakthrough
02:34 Red Clouds unreal
02:40 Aaron Jasinski Single Fill Lines
02:45 Daniel Estrem Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata, BWV 147
02:48 You Still Have Friends Wicked solitude
02:52 Big Shoals Devil O’ Devil
02:56 CerebralMix Wonderful Wizard of Oz Ep 5: Outro
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