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I have watched the movie, and now finally read the book. The idea I got from the film version was an optimistic tone juxtaposed with the grim reality that the farm girl from Kansas has to live with (something that worked with the era they lived in). The movie was a colorful vomit of emotion, its presents happy times, sad times, grim time and etc. A very bipolar tone. When reading the book, I got an almost opposite feeling. The characters were darker, much less “silly” than their film counterparts. The overall tone was depressing, and as realistic/ grim as Kansas. The girl from Kansas is much more colder, and seems to focus on one objective, to get back home. In order to do that, she is willing to do anything including killing the wicked witch. In the film she had justification to get back home. She had a caring family, and a whole neighborhood to look forward to. In the book they barely make a point to give any justification for her to go back. This story is a good example of how it could be interpreted in different ways. The book took the girl through a dangerous journey that made her miss her dull but comfortable existence at home. While the movie took the girl through a wonderful adventure, filled with good and bad times and dancing/song times. In the end she had to get back to the real world to make sure that her family and friends didn’t worry about her.