Parable on Populism (and American Monetary Policy) This popular and well-documented reading sees The Wizard of Oz as being about the collapse of the Populist Movement in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. In this scenario‚ Dorothy represents the common citizen‚ the Tin Man is the industrial worker‚ the Scarecrow is a stand-in for farmers‚ and the Cowardly Lion is politician William Jennings Bryan (seen by many at the time as being all talk and no action). They travel along
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Plot Summary: Beginning- Exposition: Characters - pay attention to capitalization!! (5 Points) - Protagonist Name: Georgia Antagonist(s) Name(s): Robert‚ Dorothy Conflict (5 Points) - Character vs. Society‚ Character vs. Self The protagonist‚ Georgia‚ is struggling with being trapped inside her Newport summer house (Rosecliff) by her strict parents‚ but her perspective changes when she is transported into the speakeasy and party scene of the 1920s‚ and realizes the excessive freedom isn’t
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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (also commonly known as "Daffodils"[2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. It was inspired by an event on 15 April 1802‚ in which Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a "long belt" of daffodils. Written some time between 1804 and 1807 (in 1804 by Wordsworth’s own account)‚[3] it was first published in 1807 in Poems in Two Volumes‚ and a revised versionwas published in 1815.[4] It is written in six-line stanzas with an ababcc rhyme scheme‚ like the Venus
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Dainty China Country” and “The Country of Quadling”. Even when we start reading the book‚ we all consider the Witch of North as Glinda not until we find that Glinda is the Witch of South country‚ a totally different fact from the movie. By the way‚ Dorothy‚ who is symbolized as the American and Lion break the china church into pieces. This is an implication of the book that never appear on the movie because it implies that the Americans bring a detrimental affect to China‚ which shows up in the book
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These three women have been forgotten but their works are to be forever remembered. Katherine Johnson‚ a physiatrist and a mathematician who contributed to the United States space program; Mary Jackson‚ the first African American female engineer; and Dorothy Vaugh‚ NASA’s first African American manager. Together these three women‚ in their own ways‚ helped the United States to achieve their goal of sending someone to space and bringing him back safely. On their way to work‚ their car broke down‚ this
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never knew any of my biological grandmother’s kin. That portion of my heritage is lost forever. My father’s biological mother name was Dorothy Blanteno. She lived in a little town near Harrisburg Pennsylvania called West Fairview. I can remember some talk when I was in my early teens about Dorothy being my biological grandmother and I had heard a rumor that Dorothy had had an affair
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symbolizes the choice of journeys undertaken prior. Furthermore in the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz’ we observe Dorothy‚ Glinda and the wicked witch of the west. In the full shot we establish that Dorothy’s house has landed on top of the wicked witch of the east. The witch of the west approaches to save the ruby shoes but they are mysteriously positioned on Dorothy’s feet. The witch cautions Dorothy that there will be vengeance. In the full shot we observe Dorothy’s face that she’s petrified. The full shot
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childhood movies‚ The Wizard of Oz. The book turned screenplay originally written by L. Frank Baum is not a mere children’s story but a hidden tale of populism and government. The story is and its characters are packed with symbolism. The main character Dorothy Gale gets swept away in a twister along with her house‚ and lands in munchkin land. Dorothy’s last name “Gale” is supposed to represent her being the winds of change. She also is supposed to be the average person‚ not too rich and not poor just in
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Mattie Ross from the novel True Grit and Dorothy Gale from the movie The Wizard of Oz are two young girls who embark on two different adventures. Both this novel and the movie are very different in many ways but also very similar if you analyze each detail closely. For instance‚ both True Grit and The Wizard of Oz were made into a movie and have more than one version. The obvious one is that both of these have their leading role being a female protagonist that is young. The other obvious one is that
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protected by goodwill‚ the farmer‚ the labourer and the politician approach the mystic holder of national power to ask for personal fulfilment. Their desires‚ as well as the Wizard’s cleverness in answering them‚ are all self delusion." In this theory‚ Dorothy is the everyman‚ who goes on a quest to get her selfless wish of home for the sake of Aunt Em‚ fulfilled. Scarecrow is representative of the Kansas farmers who were under attack at the turn of the century for being muddle headed‚ but he turns out
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