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A 6 page analysis of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy. The writer argues that each of these writers incorporated into their novels aspects and characteristics of the age in which they were written—the 'Gilded Age' at the close of the nineteenth century. No additional sources cited.
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an era that faced numerous social and economic problems that were created by the transition of the US from being a primarily agrarian society towards its industrialized future. Two books
published during this period, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, in particular, reflect the concerns and perspectives of this period. A
close examination of each of these books reveals a great deal about the Gilded Age, how they saw themselves and what they hoped for the future. The Wizard of Oz
is well known as a childrens book. However, Baum included numerous references to the concerns of his time on a metaphorical level that made the book relevant to an adult
audience during the Gilded Age as well. For example, there were numerous references to the central financial question of that time-which was the use of the gold standard in the
US. During this era, many people believed that the gold standard for US currency was harming the common people. The Populist Party, which formed at this time, advocated the unlimited
coinage of silver as a means of alleviating some of the deflation caused by a strict adherence to the gold standard. Unlike the popular movie in which Dorothy wore
ruby red slippers, in Baums text the shoes were silver. The story of Dorothy, as the quintessential all-American girl journeying along a road toward a city that was the color
of money (greenbacks) made of yellow bricks wearing silver shoes, certainly had significance pertaining to this national argument for Baums reading public. These allusions to the problem of the gold
standard in the narrative reflect the concern of that era for this financial question. For example, Baum writes that the Wicked Witch of the West "look down at Dorothy
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