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The classic books

In the books, the origins of the character are rather gruesome. Originally an ordinary man by the name of Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman used to make his living chopping down trees in the forests of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe to prevent him from marrying the girl that he loved. The enchanted axe chopped off his limbs, one by one. Each time he lost a limb, Nick Chopper replaced it with a prosthetic limb made of tin. Finally, nothing was left of him but tin. However, the tinsmith who helped him neglected to give him a heart. Once Nick Chopper was made entirely of tin, he was no longer able to love the girl he had fallen for. Due to the movie, many mistake him for a robot, but if anything he is more of a cyborg.

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Gale befriends the Tin Woodman and he follows her to the Emerald City to get a heart from The Wizard of Oz. They are joined on their adventure by the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. The Wizard sends Dorothy and her friends to the Winkie Country to kill the Wicked Witch of the West. The Tin Woodman's axe proves useful in this journey, both for chopping wood to create a bridge or raft as needed, and for chopping the heads off animals that threaten the party.

His desire for a heart notably contrasts with the Scarecrow's desire for brains, reflecting a common debate between the relative importance of the mind and the emotions. This, indeed, occasions philosophical debate between the two friends as to why their own choices are superior; neither convinces the other, and Dorothy, listening, is unable to decide which one is right. Symbolically, because they remain with Dorothy throughout her quest, she is provided with both and need not select.[1]

The Wizard turns out to be a "humbug," and can only provide a placebo heart made of velvet. However, this is enough to please the Tin Woodman, who, with or without a heart, was all along the most tender and emotional of Dorothy's companions (just as the Scarecrow was the wisest and the Cowardly Lion the bravest). When he accidentally crushes an insect, he is grief-stricken and, ironically, claims that he must be careful about such things, while those with hearts do not need such care. This tenderness remains with him throughout the series, as in The Patchwork Girl of Oz, where he refuses to let a butterfly be killed for the casting of a spell.[2]

When Dorothy returns home to her farm in Kansas, the Tin Woodman returns to the Winkie Country to rule as emperor. Later, he has his subjects construct a palace made entirely of tin—from the architecture all the way down to the flowers in the garden.

Baum emphasized that the Tin Woodman remains alive, in contrast to the windup mechanical man Tik-Tok Dorothy meets in a later book. Nick Chopper was not turned into a machine, but rather had his "meat" body replaced by a metal one. Far from missing his original existence, the Tin Woodman is proud (perhaps too proud) of his untiring tin body.

A recurring problem for the Tin Woodman in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and afterward was his tendency to rust when exposed to rain, tears, or other moisture. For this reason, in The Marvelous Land of Oz the character has himself nickel-plated before helping his friend the Scarecrow fight to regain his throne in the Emerald City. Even so, the Tin Woodman continues to worry about rusting throughout the Oz series.

This, of course, is inconsistent, in that tin does not rust; only iron does. This may reflect the usage where an object made of iron or steel but coated with tin (in order to prevent rusting) is called a "Tin" object, as a "tin bath", a "tin toy", or a "tin can"; thus, the Tin Woodman might be interpreted (in English, at least) as being made of steel with a tin veneer. Another explanation may be that the Woodman is chiefly made of tin, with iron joints; in some of the illustrations, his joints are a different color from the rest of his body.[3] In Alexander Volkov's Russian translation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Volkov avoided this problem by the translation of "The Tin Woodman" as the "Iron Woodchopper".

The Tin Woodman appeared in most of the Oz books that followed. He is a major character in the comic page Baum wrote with Walt McDougall in 1904-05, ***** Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz. In Ozma of Oz he commands Princess Ozma's army, and is briefly turned into a tin whistle. In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz he serves as defense counsel in the trial of a cat. He affects the plot of a book most notably in The Patchwork Girl of Oz, in which he forbids the young hero from collecting the wing of a butterfly needed for a magical potion because his heart requires him to protect insects from cruelty. Baum also wrote a short book titled The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, part of the Little Wizard Stories of Oz series for younger readers.

In The Tin Woodman of Oz, Nick Chopper finally sets out to find his lost love, Nimmie Amee, but discovers that she has already married a man constructed partly out of his own discarded limbs. For the Tin Woodman, this encounter with his former fiancée is almost as jarring as his experiences being transformed into a tin owl, meeting another tin man, and conversing with his ill-tempered original head.

Baum's successors in writing the series tended to use the Tin Woodman as a minor character, still ruling the Winkie Country but not governing the stories' outcome. Two exceptions to this pattern are Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson, and Lucky Bucky in Oz, by John R. Neill.

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Wikipedia 禮貌: 經典之作書在書, 字符的起源是相當可怕。原始一個普通的人由Nick 砍刀的名字, 錫Woodman 過去常以為生砍在樹下在盎司森林裡。東方的邪惡的巫婆迷惑他的軸防止他與他愛的女孩結婚。被迷惑的軸砍了他 的肢體, 逐個。每次他丟失了肢體, Nick 砍刀用義肢肢體替換它由錫製成。終於, □什麼左是他但錫。但是, 幫助他的白鐵匠忽略給他心臟。一旦Nick 砍刀整個地由錫製成, 他不再能愛他下落了為的女孩。由於電影, 許多弄錯他為機器人, 但如果任何他是更多靠機械裝置維持生命的人。在美妙的奧茲帝國歷險記, 桃樂絲大風協助錫Woodman 並且他跟隨她對鮮綠色城市得到心臟從奧茲帝國歷險記。他們被加入在他們的冒險由稻草人和怯懦的獅子。巫術師 派遣桃樂絲和她的朋友到Winkie 國家殺害西方的邪惡的巫婆。罐子Woodman 的軸依照必要證明有用在這次旅途, 為砍木頭創造橋梁或用筏子運送, 和為砍頭威脅黨的動物。他的慾望為心臟著名地與稻草人的慾望形成對比為腦子, 反射一次共同的辯論在頭腦的相對重要性和情感之間。這, 的確, 惹起哲學辯論在二個朋友之間至於為什麼他們自己的選擇是優越; 兩者都不說服其他, 並且桃樂絲, 聽, 無法決定哪個是不錯。象徵性地, 因為他們保留與桃樂絲在她的搜尋過程中, 她帶有兩個和不需要select.[1 ] 巫術師結果是"humbug," 和能只提供安慰劑心臟由天鵝絨製成。但是, 這是足夠對請錫Woodman, 有或沒有心臟, 是全部沿最嫩和情感桃樂絲的伴侶(正稻草人是最明智和怯懦的獅子最勇敢) 。當他偶然地擊碎一隻昆蟲, 他grief-stricken 和, 諷刺地, 聲稱他必須小心關於這樣事, 當那些以心臟不需要這樣的關心。這柔軟依然是與他在系列過程中, 和在盎司的補綴品女孩, 他拒絕讓蝴蝶被殺害為spell.[2 鑄件] 當桃樂絲回到在家她的農場在堪薩斯, 錫Woodman 回到Winkie 國家到規則作為皇帝。以後, 他讓他的主題修建宮殿一直整個地被做錫從建築學下來對花在庭院。 Baum 強調, 錫Woodman 保留活, 與Tik-Tok 桃樂絲遇見在一本最新書的纏繞機械人對比。Nick 砍刀未把變成機器, 而是寧可有他的"肉" 身體由金屬一個替換。離錯過他原始的存在很遠的地方, 錫Woodman 為他不疲倦的罐子身體是驕傲的(或許太驕傲) 。一個復發的問題為錫Woodman 在美妙的奧茲帝國歷險記和之後是他的傾向生鏽當暴露在雨、淚花, 或其它濕氣。因此, 在盎司奇妙土地字符他自己鎳鍍了在幫助他的朋友之前稻草人戰鬥收復他的王位在鮮綠色城市。即使 如此, 錫Woodman 繼續擔心生鏽在盎司系列過程中。這, 當然, 不一致, 錫不生鏽; 唯一鋼。這也許反射對象由鋼或鋼製成但給套上外套按錫的用法(為了防止生鏽) 稱"罐子" 對象, 作為"罐子浴", "罐子玩具", 或"錫罐"; 因而, 錫Woodman 也許被解釋(用英語, 至少) 像由鋼製成與罐子表面飾板。其它解釋也許是, Woodman 首要由錫製成, 與鋼聯接; 在一些例證, 他的聯接是一種另外顏色從剩餘他的body.[3 ] 在美妙的奧茲帝國歷險記的亞歷山大・Volkov 的俄國翻譯, Volkov 避免了這個問題由"錫Woodman 的" 翻譯作為"鋼Woodchopper" 。錫Woodman 出現在隨後而來的大多盎司書。在1904-05 他是一個主要字符在可笑的頁Baum 寫與Walt McDougall, ***** 訪客從盎司奇妙土地。在盎司Ozma 他命令Ozma 公主的軍隊, 和簡要地把變成罐子口哨。在桃樂絲和巫術師在盎司他擔當辯護律師在貓的試驗。他最著名地影響書的劇情在盎司 的補綴品女孩, 他禁止年輕英雄從收集蝴蝶翼需要為魔術的魔藥因為他的心臟要求他保護昆蟲免受慘暴。Baum 並且寫了一本短的書題為稻草人和錫Woodman, 一部分的盎司系列小的巫術師故事為更加年輕的讀者。在錫Woodman 盎司, Nick 砍刀最後下決心發現他失去的愛, Nimmie Amee, 但發現, 她已經與一個人結婚部分被修建在他自己的被擯除的肢體外面。為錫Woodman, 這遭遇與他的前fianc3ee 幾乎是作為刺激作為他的經驗被變換成罐子貓頭鷹, 遇見其它罐子人, 和交談以他壞脾氣的原始的頭。 Baum 的後繼者在寫系列傾向於使用錫Woodman 作為較小字符, 寂靜的判決Winkie 國家但不治理故事的結果。這個樣式的二例外是Ozoplaning 以奧茲帝國歷險記, 由露絲・Plumly 湯普森, 和幸運的Bucky 在盎司, 由約翰・R. Neill 。

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