fiction.wikisort.org - CharacterPeter Brown[1] is a major character in the Oz novels of Ruth Plumly Thompson, who continued the series of Oz books after the death of their creator, L. Frank Baum. Thompson used Peter as the protagonist in three of her books: The Gnome King of Oz (1927), Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929), and Pirates in Oz (1931).[2]
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Fictional character
Peter Brown |
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First appearance | The Gnome King of Oz (1927) |
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Created by | Ruth Plumly Thompson |
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Species | human |
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Gender | male |
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Nationality | American |
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Peter constitutes the first time in the Oz series in which a boy from the United States serves as the protagonist in the novels, rather than a supporting character. (Contrast Zeb in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Button-Bright in The Road to Oz and other books, and Bob Up in Thompson's earlier The Cowardly Lion of Oz.)[3] Peter is not only the protagonist of the three novels but the hero, in that his positive actions and traits bring about the affirmative resolution of the plot conflicts in the books.
When Thompson introduces him in Gnome King, Peter is a nine-year-old boy from Philadelphia. Peter is being raised by his grandfather; he is one of the long list of orphans or apparent orphans in children's literature (they are notably frequent in the Oz books themselves).[4] His travels to the world of Oz provide him opportunities to display courage, independence, loyalty and other traditional virtues; in this, he differs from Button-Bright and Bob Up, younger children with less effect on their plots. At the end of Gnome King, Peter has a chance to become a prince of Oz — which he rejects, out of loyalty to his friends and fellow baseball-team members at home in Philadelphia. Peter brings bags of gold home to his grandfather.
His attitude toward life is somewhat insouciant and devil-may-care; in the opening chapter of Jack Pumpkinhead he wonders idly if "the Gnome King has gotten into any more mischief" — giving little serious consideration to the most persistent villain in the Oz universe.
Pirates in Oz, the third book in which Peter appears, contains a contradiction on Peter's age. The book identifies him as eleven years old, but also states that five years have passed since the events of Gnome King, which would make Peter fourteen, however, she may be referring to four years in Oz, and not Philadelphia.
Thompson herself noted her tendency to favor boy heroes,[5] in contrast to Baum's preference for girl protagonists (Dorothy Gale, Princess Ozma, Betsy Bobbin, and Trot).[6] Peter Brown is the most prominent of these boy characters.
References
- Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 159.
- Snow, pp. 260-2.
- Snow, pp. 22, 28, and 248.
- Osmond Beckwith, "The Oddness of Oz," Children's Literature, Vol. 5 (1976), pp. 74-91.
- David L. Greene and Dick Martin, The Oz Scrapbook, New York, Random House, 1977; p. 76.
- Snow, pp. 16, 58-9, 151-2, and 221.
External links
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
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Canonical books | L. Frank Baum |
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
- The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
- Ozma of Oz (1907)
- Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908)
- The Road to Oz (1909)
- The Emerald City of Oz (1910)
- The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)
- Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
- The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)
- Rinkitink in Oz (1916)
- The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)
- The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)
- The Magic of Oz (1919)
- Glinda of Oz (1920)
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Ruth Plumly Thompson |
- The Royal Book of Oz (1921)
- Kabumpo in Oz (1922)
- The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923)
- Grampa in Oz (1924)
- The Lost King of Oz (1925)
- The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926)
- The Gnome King of Oz (1927)
- The Giant Horse of Oz (1928)
- Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929)
- The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930)
- Pirates in Oz (1931)
- The Purple Prince of Oz (1932)
- Ojo in Oz (1933)
- Speedy in Oz (1934)
- The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935)
- Captain Salt in Oz (1936)
- Handy Mandy in Oz (1937)
- The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)
- Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Others |
- The Wonder City of Oz (1940)
- The Scalawagons of Oz (1941)
- Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942)
- The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946)
- The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949)
- The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951)
- Merry Go Round in Oz (1963)
- Yankee in Oz (1972)
- The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976)
- The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980)
- The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986)
- The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993)
- The Giant Garden of Oz (1993)
- The Runaway in Oz (1995)
- The Rundelstone of Oz (2000)
- The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005)
- Trouble Under Oz (2006)
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Alternate |
- Dorothy of Oz (1989)
- Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage (1995)
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Locations and elements |
- Land of Oz
- Emerald City
- Munchkin Country
- Gillikin Country
- Winkie Country
- Quadling Country
- Yellow brick road
- Deadly Desert
- Land of Ev
- Merryland
- Nome Kingdom
- Noland
- Ruby slippers
- Silver shoes
- The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
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Other writers | |
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- Political interpretations
- Copyright status
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Adaptations and other derivative works |
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Stage |
- The Wizard of Oz (1902)
- The Woggle-Bug (1905)
- The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913)
- The Wizard of Oz (1942)
- The Wiz (1974)
- The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981)
- The Wizard of Oz (1987)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2000)
- The Wizard of Oz (2011)
- The Woodsman (2012)
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American films | |
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Foreign language films | |
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Other films | |
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Television | |
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Comics |
- Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904–05)
- Adventures in Oz (1986–1992)
- The Enchanted Apples of Oz (1986)
- Oz Squad (1991)
- Lost Girls (1991–92)
- Oz (1994)
- MÄR
- Dorothy of Oz (2006)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009)
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Video games | |
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Reimagining |
- The Wizard of the Emerald City (1939)
- The Number of the Beast (1980)
- A Barnstormer in Oz (1982)
- The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987)
- Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991)
- The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
- Visitors from Oz (1998)
- Dorothy Must Die (2014)
- The Wicked Will Rise (2015)
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The Wicked Years |
- Wicked
- Son of a Witch
- A Lion Among Men
- Out of Oz
- Wicked (musical)
- Characters
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Others | |
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Related |
- The International Wizard of Oz Club
- Twister (1994)
- Oz Park
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