Topic: Senator Aldrich

A detailed interpretation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" is presented as a political commentary on the late 19th-century American economy. The allegory identifies the Yellow Brick Road as the gold standard, the Tin Man as industrial workers, and the Cowardly Lion as England's hesitation toward the banking elite. The "Wizard" is compared to the modern media, which uses imagery and manipulation to control public thought until a "Toto" figure pulls back the curtain.