Examples Of Faith In The Wizard Of Oz

Faith, from the Miriam Webster dictionary is defined as, “A strong belief or trust in something.” And Biblically, which is stated in Hebrews 11:1, faith is described as the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen. In the movie The Wizard of Oz we are witness to a lot of examples of faith. In the movie, the main character, Dorothy, wishes she could just leave Kansas and experience new and exciting things. Before she’s going to leave, she visits a professor in her town to ask him about her future, even though I believed he was a fortune teller. She thinks that he knows about her life, but he looks at a picture from her bag when she is closing her eyes. I think that he is the first person that Dorothy had faith in, during the movie. The movie portrays her being sucked into a tornado and landing in a strange place, called Oz. When she gets there she realizes that she accidentally killed an evil witch. …show more content…
I think that the faith we are showed in this movie is a person, and not God. When Glinda told her that she would make it home and that she should follow the yellow brick road, Dorothy believed her. Dorothy had faith in what she said and followed her directions knowing that it would eventually get her home. When she met the three characters along the way, they all had a hard time believing that the Wizard would give them what they needed. The Scarecrow wished that he had a brain. The Tinman was searching for a heart. And finally, the Lion yearned for courage. Once Dorothy met the Scarecrow, she convinced him that he would be able to get a brain, and then they both convinced the Tinman that he’d be able to get a heart. All together they convinced the Lion that he would be able to obtain courage from the Wizard. They all had faith in each other at this moment, even though they were weary at