<P> Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum as the main protagonist in many of his Oz novels . She first appears in Baum's classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and reappears in most of its sequels . In addition, she is the main character in various adaptations, notably the classic 1939 film adaptation of the novel, The Wizard of Oz . </P> <P> In later novels, the Land of Oz steadily becomes more familiar to her than her homeland of Kansas . Indeed, Dorothy eventually goes to live in an apartment in the Emerald City's palace but only after her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry have settled in a farmhouse on its outskirts, unable to pay the mortgage on their house in Kansas . Dorothy's best friend Princess Ozma, ruler of Oz, officially makes her a princess of Oz later in the novels . </P> <P> In the Oz books, Dorothy is an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle in the bleak landscape of a Kansas farm . Whether Aunt Em or Uncle Henry is Dorothy's blood relative remains unclear . Uncle Henry makes reference to Dorothy's mother in The Emerald City of Oz, possibly an indication that Henry is Dorothy's blood relative . (It is also possible that "Aunt" and "Uncle" are affectionate terms of a foster family and that Dorothy is not related to either of them, although Zeb in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz claims to be Dorothy's second cousin, related through Aunt Em. Little mention is made of what happened to Dorothy's birth parents, other than a passing reference to her mother being dead .) Along with her small black dog, Toto, Dorothy is swept away by a tornado to the Land of Oz and, much like Alice of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, they enter an alternative world filled with talking creatures . In many of the Oz books, Dorothy is the main heroine of the story . She is often seen with her best friend and the ruler of Oz, Princess Ozma . Her trademark blue and white gingham dress is admired by the Munchkins because blue is their favorite color and white is worn only by good witches and sorceresses, which indicates to them that Dorothy is a good witch . </P> <P> Dorothy has a forthright and take - charge character, exhibiting no fear when she slaps the Cowardly Lion, and organizing the Winkies' rescue mission of her friends who have been dismembered by the Winged monkeys . She is not afraid of angering the Wicked Witch of the West, as shown when the Witch stole one of Dorothy's slippers, and in retaliation, Dorothy hurled a bucket of water over her, not knowing water was fatal to the witch . She brazenly rebuffs Princess Langwidere's threat to take her head for her collection--"Well, I b'lieve you won't ." (Following Anna Laughlin's portrayal of the character in the popular 1903 Broadway version of The Wizard of Oz, Baum scripts Dorothy to speak in childlike contractions with Ozma of Oz, which she continues to do throughout the series). This aspect of her character was somewhat lessened by her companionship of Ozma, in whom Baum placed the greater level of wisdom and dignity . Yet even this is complicated by her associations with her cousin, Zeb of Hugson's Ranch, a rugged, manly boy who does not take well to Oz and cannot think of anything much more interesting than defeating the Munchkins' wrestling champion, which he proves unable to do . </P>

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