<Li> In the game Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., Tin Man, along with other Oz characters, is a playable character . His design is more based on Japanese culture and he have the ability to give steam to allies . </Li> <Li> The Tin Woodman appears as a major antagonist in Danielle Paige's Dorothy Must Die novel series . In this series, Dorothy and her friends have been corrupted by Dorothy's use of magic and the' magic' in the gifts they received from the Wizard, with the Tin Woodman now driven by a twisted' love' for Dorothy that is nevertheless unrequited . He is described as possessing a more twisted appearance, with his legs compared to horses' legs and his hands possessing knives for fingers . At the conclusion of the first novel, series protagonist Amy Gumm cuts out his heart, having been informed by the Wizard that she must take the gifts of Dorothy's companions to kill Dorothy herself . </Li> <P> Economics and history professors have published scholarly studies that indicate the images and characters used by Baum and Denslow closely resembled political images that were well known in the 1890s . They state that Baum and Denslow did not simply invent the Lion, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, Yellow Brick Road, Silver Slippers, cyclone, monkeys, Emerald City, little people, Uncle Henry, passenger balloons, witches and the wizard . These were all common themes in the editorial cartoons of the previous decade . The notion of a "Tin Man" has deep roots in European and American history, according to Green (2006), and often appeared in cartoons of the 1880s and 1890s . Baum and Denslow, like most writers and illustrators, used the materials at hand that they knew best . They built a story around them, added Dorothy, and added a series of lessons to the effect that everyone possesses the resources they need (such as brains, a heart and courage) if only they had self - confidence . The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a children's book, of course, but as Baum warned in the preface, it was a "modernized" fairy tale as well . </P> <P> The Tin Man--the human turned into a machine--was a common feature in political cartoons and in advertisements in the 1890s . Indeed, he had been part of European folk art for 300 years . In political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Tin Woodman is supposedly described as a worker, dehumanized by industrialization . The Tin Woodman little by little lost his natural body and had it replaced by metal; so he has lost his heart and cannot move without the help of farmers (represented by the Scarecrow); in reality he has a strong sense of cooperation and love, which needs only an infusion of self - confidence to be awakened . In the 1890s many argued that to secure a political revolution a coalition of Farmers and Workers was needed . </P>

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