![]() ![]() The monkey runs away, and the Munchkin is killed. After plucking apples from an orchard, the Tin Woodman, looking like a thrown-together machine, arrives and takes Amy prisoner for daring to defy a ridiculous-sounding law. Ozma, the true ruler of Oz, disappeared with no explanation, and Dorothy oppresses the people of Oz and steals magic from the land, which is killing Oz. She meets up with a Munchkin and a wingless monkey, who explain that the people of Oz live in fear under Dorothy’s rule. ![]() Rather than bright and colorful, it is gray and dead-looking, and the further Amy goes down the road, the more she starts to feel something is wrong. Oz looks nothing like it was described in the stories. With no better option, Amy starts down the Yellow Brick Road, figuring she may as well follow in Dorothy’s footsteps. A boy assists her from the damaged trailer and advises her to go to Emerald City. When the trailer finally lands, Amy finds herself in the Land of Oz. The storm sweeps through the trailer park where Amy lives, detaching her house from its supports and propelling it into the air. ![]() Despite Amy’s protests, her mother goes out, leaving Amy alone with her mother’s pet rat. After a particularly bad day at school, Amy goes home to find the weather channel predicting a tornado. Sixteen-year-old Amy Gumm lives in Kansas, where she is bullied at school and lives with her absent mother. Frank Baum in the Oz books and is set in modern day. ![]() Dorothy Must Die takes place in the world created by L. ![]()
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