Second Reflection on the Wizard of Oz

My faith, personally, sees Wicked Witches, and knows they often get the power structure, and nothing uproots them. So, my faith isn't one that expects life to go swimmingly, or get me what I want. As I know there are real forces, and God's not always going to directly act on someone's behalf. As there can be chariots of iron in the valley. There was one moment while reading it, where I saw the Winkies were freed from slavery, and counterpointed it with Exodus, where the Jews wanted to return to Egypt, and I realized that the latter is the actual state of man, if we're not being sentimental. And that's one reason why the Bible is so credible, is that it actually explains human nature, and really confronts the theodicy without any sentimentality or illusions.