Wizard of Oz 3

{}It's a religious allegory, stating how people have what they need already, and just need to find it within themselves. [It's] the same weird crap they do with Lewis Carroll, when the meaning is pretty straightforward. The Scarecrow needed a brain, but was the planner. The Tinman wanted a heart so he could love, and destroyed himself over it, but was actually the most tender character. And the Cowardly Lion was courageous. They thought they lacked what they actually had in great abundance already, and just needed to realize it, which the Wizard does by simply tricking them with common everyday items.

I mean, sure, there's a lot of poetry. Like the Green Glasses are just about how magic and faith make the world more beautiful, but the Wizard is also powerless against the witch and her flying monkeys. 

Know I'm a Christian, but this vein of Agnosticism is in the Emily Dickenson vein, which is kind of wonderful and beautiful. Not the vulgar thing it became, but rather a truth wrapped up in a veneer of atheism, and imbibed with Christian ethics.

I also think this is why Mark Twain hated people making metaphors with his work. He wanted depth, but not this level of depth [with regard to it being a political allegory]. Sure, some of that may be inspiring it, to a certain degree, but the surface reading is still the most sound and beautiful.

Again, I am a very faithful Christian. I just like to get my stories right.