At the beginning of the novel, Dorothy is swept from her farm to Oz by a cyclone, which was frequently compared to the free silver movement in the mid to late 1800's. The yellow brick road represents the gold. Dorthy had too reach Emerald City on the yellow brick road. Emerald City is Oz's political center, like Washington, DC.,and the Wizard is President of the United States. Dorthy was going to make her voice heard to this governing power without a face. She was going to be heard.
When the United States depended so much on gold to back them financially the gold standard was everything then.
The Big Boss men, such as Boss Man Tweed, helped the inner city people but at a price. The government sure wasn't helping. But to receive his help, these people had to vote for him and for his policies. If you didn't go along with the plan, you sure had hell to pay for. The boss had his minions or his lions as depicted in the cartoon below.
This cartoon shows a strong-willed boss with all the control attacking the little man protesting on his golden Wall Street. He is showing his power over the people. A lot of people saw a dog the boss was holding, I saw a lion, and that lion being the Big Boss' minion. A lion is much more menacing and violent.
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