Leadership Theory in the Wizard of Oz The movie The Wizard of Oz based on the story by L. Frank Baum has been used by many as a lesson in leadership. There are several emerging leaders in the story from Dorothy up to the Wizard of Oz himself each with their own leadership and motivational style. Let’s examine this classic film as it relates to 2 popular theories: the Path-Goal Theory and the Expectancy Theory of Motivation. I. The Path-Goal Theory The Path-Goal Theory is a leadership model that
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author}}Dorothy’s home is ripped from the grounds of Kansas and is transported to the Land of Oz by a cyclone. Dorothy’s house lands in the east region of Oz also known as Munchkin country a place depicted as having blue surroundings where everyone wore blue. As Dorothy makes her way through Oz‚ she follows the yellow brick road through different regions of Oz. In the middle of Oz and built from giant emeralds was Emerald City that required you to wear special goggles so you would not go blind from its bright lights
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the shifting ideologies in the USA in two different historical periods. In the Wizard of Oz‚ the central protagonist (Dorothy Gale) is a female. At the start of the film‚ Dorothy is shown to be “in the way” of the male farm workers. This could suggest that the female realm within the film is confined to the domestic sphere of the house. This is further supported by Dorothy being trapped by the tornado but possibly more significantly in her farm house. It is possible to argue that the context of
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In the second scenario where Glinda asked Dorothy to borrow her bow then climbs up a tree. While Glinda was up in the tree she decides to try to shoot and injure or even kill Zelena. The arrow ended up missing Zelena but it struck Elpha and killed her. After that happened Glinda climbed down from the tree and ran off with Dorothy. While running‚ Glinda decided to tell Dorothy what happened‚ Dorothy decided to let Glinda stay at her house and hide form the police. When the three elements of crime
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people: Frank and Dorothy. For a long time these people are staying in marriage. The whole story
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Baum’s book. Starting with the twister that seized Dorothy’s house‚ relocating her to the land of Munchkins; this is the hopeful pretense that Bryan won presidency. It shows Dorothy‚ the average level-headed American‚ and her dog Toto‚ the prohibitionists‚ being sent off to a place of colour and wonder (Answer.com). Once Dorothy lands in this strange land‚ she finds that her house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East. This releases the Munchkins‚ or the
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English Lit. 10 October 2013 Novelist Research Report I chose to do this paper on one of my all time favorite authors‚ C.S. Lewis and one of his books‚ The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe‚ from his collection The Chronicles of Narnia. Ever since I became a Christian‚ and I read Lewis book Mere Christianity‚ I have been hooked on Lewis books. I picked up the Narnia books‚ not realizing what they were‚ but because who the author was. I have read each one of Lewis books multiple times‚ and if I
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game changer for his literary career. After this novel‚ he went on to publish other works such as short stories as well as full-length novels‚ including the novel‚ By Night in Chile in the year 2000. According to the article‚ A Noisy Soul by Valerie Sayers‚ Bolaño’s novels are‚ “…hyper-literary and provide an excellent crash course in Latin American poetry and prose‚ as well as brush ups on Greek tragedy‚
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their creation. Essentially their law is what prevents them from retreating into their natural‚ savage selves; it’s what essentially gives them their human qualities. Moreau uses the Sayer of the Law as his tool for spreading the animal-urge-controlling Law through the ranks of the Beast Men. In this way‚ the Sayer of the Law serves as both priest and governor for the Beast Men. “[The Beast Men] were really hypnotized; had been told certain things were impossible‚ and certain things were not to be
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leave out the Actor in Material processes‚ Experiencer in Mental processes‚ and Sayer (speaker) in Verbal process clauses:" Material: Poachers killd the elephant - the elephant was killed Mental: Rangers noticed the vultures - the vultures were noticed Verbal: The marksmen told the poacher to freeze - the poacher was told to freeze Sometimes this enables newspapers‚ for instance‚ to protect sources by omitting the sayer‚ or to retail their own opinions as though they
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