Even the Wizard himself, though a considerably more mixed bag as a self-admitted fraud, has ruled the Emerald City benevolently and treated its people well, and does his best for Dorothy and her friends. And other characters, from the Mouse Queen to Glinda the Good Witch, are helpful and generous in their dealings. The four friends (and Toto) are good companions and support each other through their difficulties. While the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion think they lack brains, heart and courage respectively, their deeds show otherwise. In the face of many obstacles, she never loses sight of her goal of getting herself and Toto home, and she's willing to persevere and work hard to get there. Her desire to get back to Kansas is driven in part by her own wish to be home, but also because she's concerned at how unhappy her Aunt Em will be that she's gone. Dorothy is an excellent role model: the whole adventure comes about because she rushes to save Toto, and she is almost always kind-hearted in her dealings with others (in the famous scene where she throws water on the Wicked Witch, she is responding to the theft of her shoe and has no idea of the dire effect).
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