Salem Press Encyclopedia describes it as “the perfect fantasy for a nation recovering from the Great Depression” (Lewis, 2016). I believe that even then, through the techniques used to establish this theme, people of that era were learning that “there is no place like home” (Langley, Ryerson, & Woolf, 1939). Even though the house wasn't really attractive anywhere in America at that time. Even today, productions of The Wizard of Oz; originally a book, titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is being retooled and turned into plays and musicals. In December 2015, a musical comedy known as The Wiz Live was released, with Dorothy always letting viewers know, "there's no place like home" (Langley, Ryerson & Woolf,