11. A PARABLE ON POPULISM Yellow Brick Road Scarecrow Cowardly Lion Tin Man Dorothy’s Slippers Dorothy Wizard Winged Monkeys Wicked Witch of the East Wicked Witch of the West Good Witch of the North Munchkins Emerald City Tornado Gold Standard Farmers William Jennings Bryan Industrialization Silver Standard “ Plain People” Politicians Indians in the West Bankers with nothing for Farmers Nature (Nature vs. Farmers) Businesses of the North Middle and Lower Classes Washington, D.C. Idea of Change Items in the Film What do they symbolize?