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Aunt Em
Uncle Henry is Aunt Em’s husband and Dorothy’s stern father figure. He lives on a farm on the gray prairies of Kansas. Like his wife, he’s described as being just as dull and harsh as his surroundings. Dorothy doesn’t seem to be as attached to Uncle Henry as she is to Aunt Em, but she still cares for him and longs to return home to him. Uncle Henry also functions as a herald of Dorothy’s adventure, as he’s the first character to spot the approaching cyclone that whisks Dorothy away to Oz.
Uncle Henry Quotes in The Wizard of Oz
The The Wizard of Oz quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Henry or refer to Uncle Henry. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1: The Cyclone Quotes
It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as grey as her other surroundings. Toto was not grey; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played with him, and loved him dearly.
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Chapter 4: The Road Through the Forest Quotes
‘No matter how dreary and grey our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.’
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Chapter 11: The Wonderful Emerald City of Oz Quotes
‘Send me back to Kansas, where my Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are,’ she answered earnestly. ‘I don’t like your country, although it is so beautiful. And I am sure Aunt Em will be dreadfully worried over my being away so long.’
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Uncle Henry Character Timeline in The Wizard of Oz
The timeline below shows where the character Uncle Henry appears in The Wizard of Oz. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: The Cyclone
...a small farm on the prairies of Kansas. She lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry , and her beloved little black dog, Toto. The land around the farm is flat,...
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One day, a strong wind picks up, and Uncle Henry shouts to Aunt Em that a cyclone is coming. While Uncle Henry runs off to...
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Chapter 2: The Council with the Munchkins
Dorothy figures that Aunt Em and Uncle Henry must be worried about her, so she asks how she might get home to Kansas....
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Chapter 23: Glinda Grants Dorothy’s Wish
...she finds herself back on the Kansas prairie, right in front of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry ’s new farmhouse. As Toto runs ahead, barking madly, Dorothy notices that she isn’t wearing...
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