Location in The Oz Series
Kansas
Also known as the great Kansas prairies, the great gray prairie, the broad Kansas prairie, his Kansas farm, home, my own native land, the old Kansas farm, the farm in Kansas, the unromantic State of Kansas, the farm-house, Uncle Henry's farm.
A vast, flat, sun-baked gray prairie in the American Midwest where Dorothy lives with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em; treeless and houseless to the horizon, dull gray in every direction, and prone to devastating cyclones.
Appears in 48 chapters, first in chapter 1, last in chapter 100.
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What the story establishes
| Acoustics and tone | Bleak and desolate; during the storm dominated by wailing, shrieking, and howling wind |
| Appearance | A broad, flat, treeless gray plain baked by the sun into a cracked gray mass, with gray, sun-burned grass stretching to the horizon in all directions (as of ch. 1) |
| Controlled by | Aunt Em and Uncle Henry keep the Kansas farm home to which Dorothy longs to return (as of ch. 12) |
| Physical constraints | Flat, open country with no trees or buildings to break the wind; subject to great cyclones powerful enough to crush any building |
Relationships
- born in ← Dorothy ch. 54Dorothy is a girl of Kansas, her home country from which she originates.
- located in ← Eureka ch. 89Eureka the kitten is transported along with Dorothy from Oz to the Kansas farm at the chapter's end.
- located in ← Aunt Em ch. 1Aunt Em lives on the Kansas prairie as the farmer's wife.
- located in ← Butterfield ch. 90Butterfield is a place reachable by road from Dorothy's Kansas farm, where she has driven many times with Uncle Henry.
- located in ← Toto ch. 23Toto lives on the Kansas farm as Dorothy's dog before being carried off by the cyclone.
- located in → the United States ch. 1Kansas, Dorothy's home prairie, lies within the United States - the common, ordinary non-fairy country where the magic of the Nome King's Magic Belt does not function.
- located in ← Dorothy (ended) ch. 89–92Dorothy lives on the great Kansas prairie with her aunt and uncle before the cyclone carries her off.
- located in ← the Shaggy Man (ended) ch. 90–92The shaggy man arrives at Dorothy's Kansas farm asking the road to Butterfield, then wanders with her into the ten-acre lot and pasture around the farm.
- located in ← Uncle Henry (ended) ch. 1–69Uncle Henry lives and farms on the Kansas prairie.
From the text
When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side.Chapter 1
Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.Chapter 1
To get lost in fifteen minutes, so near to her home and in the unromantic State of Kansas, was an experience that fairly bewildered her.Chapter 90