My first impression reading “The Wizard of Oz” was the difference between the book and the movie.  In the book, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are presented as dull, grey, and lifeless; however, in the movie they are not really as drab as that.  I do understand, though, why Kansas in the movie is not in color, implying its blandness, and the land of Oz is in color.  In the book, Dorothy seems to be extremely younger than she is in the movie, almost like she is the same age as Alice.  I also found the Tin-Man’s story of how he became a Tin-Man very disturbing…  Nonetheless, the main problem I had with the first 8 chapters was with the Scarecrow, Tin-man, and Lion’s wishes.  All of their wishes make sense for what they need, but they all seemingly have those traits all along.  When the Scarecrow suggests that they build a raft, he is demonstrating he has a brain.  When the Tin-man steps on the bug and kills it and cries, he is demonstrating he has a heart.  And finally, when the Lion jumps across the ditch with everybody on his back and when he pulls the raft to safety, he is demonstrating he has courage.  I think it is odd that none of these scenes were included in the movie; one of the final scenes of the movie involves the characters “getting” what they came for; I use quotations around getting because they do not actually get a brain or a heart or courage, they just get material stuff associated with it–they had it inside themselves the whole time, yet the movie doesn’t focus on this so much.  Alice’s virtual reality doesn’t seem that odd (but maybe that’s because we just finished Alice and that is very odd) and she seems accepting of all of it.