14. Click my heels three time and say “there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home”
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Editor's Notes
The film explores the concept of one's own inherent gifts versus one's wildest fantasies and desires. Dorothy and her trusted companions each desire something that they feel is beyond their reach - the scarecrow seeking a brain, the Tin Man desiring a heart, the Cowardly Lion wanting courage, and Dorothy herself longing to return to her rightful home - yet, at the end of the film, each discovers that they may have possessed these qualities all along. The Scarecrow, in devising plans to rescue Dorothy, has already exhibited the capacity to think, the Tin Man, having gone dangerous lengths to save his friend, has displayed an ability to love, and the Cowardly Lion, having undertaken various tasks in spite of his fears, has shown a true sense of courage. Moreover, Dorothy realizes that her home was never far out of reach - that her "Over the Rainbow" paradise, despite its appealing sense of ease and fantasy, could just as easily have been discovered in her own backyard all along - for there is no place like home. As Dorothy's friends appear at her bedside in the final scene, this lesson resounds strongly in her mind: although one may oftentimes entertain desires of exotic dreams and far-off places, the most valuable treasures are firm within our grasp, waiting to be discovered.
I am defined by where I come from and the This is where I get my strength from