The Wizard of Oz‚ written by L. Frank Baum and produced by Mervyn LeRoy is an example of how art reflects life because of the characters‚ scenery and props chosen. In the 1890’s and early 1900’s a new political party emerged‚ the populist party. Most populists (farmers and laborers) mistrusted the president and most of the presidential candidates‚ they thought of them as “wind bags”. Mark Twain would refer to this as the “Gilded Age” because those in power considered it a time of prosperity‚ but
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Sequence Analysis: Wizard of Oz Rabi Kumaraswamy October 31‚ 2014 DRAMA 3030 Dr. Aaron Taylor In the Wizard of Oz‚ we see the journey of a girl‚ Dorothy Gale‚ in her dreams to escape her dismal life on the farm and her troubles with her aunt and uncle. It is only after she dreams of being in a place unfamiliar and troublesome that she realizes how much her family means to her. From this we can see the film’s explicit meaning: “There’s no place like home.” Although this line can in ordinary be a
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Wonderful wizard of Oz Baum describes a story in which a young girl Dorothy and her dog‚ Toto go on a magical journey from the dull‚ gray land of Kansas to the colorful‚ magical land of Oz. This girl and her dog meet three companions‚ a Cowardly Lion‚ a Brainless Scarecrow‚ and a Heartless Tin Man and have adventure in the Land of Oz and untimely help Dorothy get home. In Baum’s allegorical The Wonderful Wizard of Oz he uses satire and symbols‚ such as the regions of Oz‚ the characters of Oz and the
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9R Chappell 8-9 12-14-10 The Odyssey and The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is like the Odyssey because both Dorothy and Odysseus are determined and anxious to return home. Odysseus and Dorothy both meet characters along the journey who help them and evil characters trying to not let them reach home. Good characters who give advice in the Wizard of Oz are the munchkins who show Dorothy where to go to get to the Emerald city to ask the wizard how she will be able to return home. Good characters
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try other English books. If you choose easy children’s books‚ the stories might not be appealing to them‚ because the books are written for much younger children. If the pupils are bored by the story‚ it might have the same effect as if they are unable to cope. „The Wizard of Oz“ is a very famous‚ American story every child should know. It might not be found in a classic literature canon but for younger language learners‚ “who are not yet ready for [classic literature]‚ [it] would be counter-productive
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In a movie or novel the hero or heroine is someone who others see as doing something courageous‚ standing out because of their values and beliefs and saves others even when everything is against them. In the story The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum the heroine of the story is Dorothy. Dorothy is the heroine because she put her friends’ happiness before her own and helped them reach their goals. In the story Dorothy goal was to return home to her aunt and uncle in Kansas and while she was trying
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz In the “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” “L. Frank Baum” uses color to separate the three countries. For instance the colors are blue‚ yellow‚ and red for the three countries. “L. Frank Baum” also color coats the capital emerald city by giving it its color from its name. In the Magical Land of Oz things are assorted by colors‚ regarding to the four different countries. First‚ there’s the land of the Munchkins witch is blue. The land of the Munchkins is the Eastern region of
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In the movie The Wizard of Oz‚ based on the book written by L. Frank Baum‚ the theme is there is no place like home. The theme can be recognized throughout the whole movie and book. First off‚ Dorothy is feeling upset at her home in Kansas because she dog‚ Toto‚ was taken away by a cruel old lady named Ms. Gulch. Leaving Dorothy heartbroken‚ she starts singing about how she hopes of living elsewhere where she has no worries and problems. She is ungrateful of her home and does not comprehend the importance
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d Jordan Buttarazzi Mr. Tonelli ENG3U1F Monday‚ March 5‚ 2012 The Importance of Dorothy’s Companions in the Wizard of Oz Throughout Dorothy’s adventure from Kansas to the land of the munchkins‚ she must venture on a perilous journey accompanied by three important and helpful companions. Dorothy meets a Scarecrow without a brain‚ a Tin Man without a heart and a very cowardly Lion. Their journey experiences hardships and difficult times where all seems lost‚ but working together they
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classification of a fairy tales as demarcated from other forms of children’s literture. With the help of these distinctive structural and stylistic features‚ Frank L. Baum’s novel‚ “The Wizard of Oz” can be classified within the boundaries of the fairy tale. USE OF OUTSIDE WORLD (SOCIETAL COMMENTARY): “The Wizard of Oz‚” like so many fairy tales‚ naturally has cultural‚ social‚ and political undertones interwoven within the text. Virtually all of Baum’s characters and magical land pertain to specific
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