What is the Call to Adventure in the Wizard of Oz?

• A. Dorothy's house lands in Kansas.
• B. Dorothy meets the Wizard.
• C. The Witch is defeated.
• D. A tornado carries Dorothy's house to Oz.

Answer: (D)

The Call to Adventure is the moment that pulls a hero from the ordinary world into the unknown, starting the quest. In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s life in Kansas is the ordinary world, and the event that launches her journey is the tornado that carries her house to Oz. This inciting moment disrupts her normal life, introduces the magical and dangerous new world, and sets her on the path to seek a way home, with allies to gather and challenges to face. The other moments occur after the call: landing in Oz marks the new setting, meeting the Wizard happens once she’s already in Oz, and defeating the Witch is a major obstacle later in the journey. So, the tornado carrying Dorothy’s house to Oz best fits as the initiation of the adventure.