Greetings all! Welcome back to our celebration of A Lion Among Men. In our final reflection post, we will showcase some familiar characters that make a return in this book. This post will be a quick one since it is a few very well-known characters. Dorothy makes a return in this book as it retells how Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion met and what he was doing before they came across each other in Munchkinland Forest, known in this saga as Wend Fallows. Dorothy was first introduced in the first book; but makes her return in this book again. Check out this page for information on Dorothy in Maguire's Oz. Along with Dorothy, the Tin Man also returns for this book. The Tin Man does not seem to like the Cowardly Lion as first and vice versa, he does not like the Tin Man either. However, they end up having some respect for each other in the end. In the musical, Boq becomes the Tin Man after giving up his broken heart. Among the previous two, the Scarecrow rounds out the fabulous four as he is also present here as the Lion joins the trio. There is no illustration from the book; however, in the musical, Fiyero, who becomes the Scarecrow after Elphaba turns him into one, is hung in the Corn Basket (see above). In the Wicked books, the connection between Fiyero and the Scarecrow is a mere quote in the book that says: "Nothing had yet suggested to her that the Scarecrow wasn't a man in disguise. She would not need forgiveness if Fiyero had not died!". (Maguire, 1995). So, that's all; nothing big at all. Well, that closes out another Wicked celebration for this year. What was your favorite part of this year's festivities? Let me know in the comment below.
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