Characters
We’re not in Kansas anymore.
— Dorothy · The Wizard of Oz
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker registers that their surroundings are utterly unfamiliar and that the rules of ordinary life no longer apply. Kansas stands in for the known and comfortable, so the line marks a sudden jolt of displacement, part wonder and part unease, at finding themselves far from home.
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