this existing research and references to the movie and the book will be used. Plot Summary Franks Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was adapted by Victor Fleming into a musical “The Wizard of Oz”. It is a story of a young girl named Dorothy who lived in Kansas. She lived with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry and her pet dog Toto on a farm. One day a tornado struck and she was transported to a place known as the Land of Oz where she met many strange characters. While on her journey to meet
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young lives. Dorothy‚ the protagonist‚ is having difficulty finding happiness and fun out of her home. The gray prairies of Kansas seem to suck the life out of those who live there. “When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young‚ pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her‚ too. They had taken the sparkle from her eyes ad left them a sober gray; they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips‚ and they were gray also. She was thin and gaunt and never smiled now” (Baum‚ 1). Dorothy never outwardly
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commonly known as Frank L. Baum‚ novel The 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
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Authors David Sedaris and Dorothy Allison each have backgrounds that include many of life’s difficulties and travesties. Once you understand where they came from‚ you get a sense that their writing styles‚ act as therapeutic defense mechanisms to overcome their demons. It is in writing these stories that they appear to release these demons‚ and gain the strength needed‚ to lead a productive life and cope on a daily basis. While they share many similarities‚ in many ways‚ they could not be more
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grayness of Kansas‚ Dorothy’s home‚ Baum is symbolizing the dullness of reality and Dorothy’s feelings toward this reality. Dorothy believes nothing in the world is special‚ and that there is no magic because her Aunt Em told her so: “‘But‚’ said Dorothy‚ after a moment’s thought‚ ‘Aunt Em has told me that the witches were all dead -- years and years ago’” (14). This gives Dorothy blinders to the beauty of reality‚ and everything is gray and barren. Once she sees the beauty of Oz Dorothy’s growth begins
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poems lies in the pages of Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal. Quite frequently‚ Dorothy describes an incident in her journal‚ and William writes a poem about the same incident‚ often around two years later.’ It is a common observation that whilst Dorothy is a recorder – ‘her face was excessively brown’ – William is a transformer – ‘Her skin was of Egyptian brown’ . The intertextuality between The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals and ‘I wandered lonely as a Cloud’ allows both Dorothy and William to write about
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as well as extensive reasoning‚ behind much of what Dorothy Wordsworth writes in The Grasmere Journals and evidence of this was discovered after searching the Internet. An article by Jill Angelino‚ titled “Writing Against‚ Writing Through: Subjectivity‚ Vocation and Authorship in the Work of Dorothy Wordsworth”‚ describes many of these in great detail. The theme Angelino discusses in greatest detail however‚ albeit the main reason for Dorothy keeping the journals in the first place‚ is Dorothy’s
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Assignment 1 – Narrative Report Story and Plot In a narrative film‚ a plot is considered all visible and audible elements present in a film‚ in essence the film in its entirety including nondiegetic images. In The Wizard of Oz‚ the plot begins with Dorothy (Judy Garland)‚ a young farm girl from Kansas who dreams of escaping to ‘somewhere over the rainbow’ without troubles and torment for her dog Toto from a horrible neighbour Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). During a tornado she is hit on the head and
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was hell on earth‚ men suffered from trench foot‚ body lice‚ and the attacks from trench rats that were almost impossible to prevent‚ and there were dead bodies everywhere. In a letter to parents living in East Grinstead‚ England in 1915‚ Private Livesay wrote‚ “Our trenches are... ankle deep mud. In some places‚ trenches are waist deep in water. One does not have time
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Wynter 1 Early writers of America made many contributions to the development of a distinct American identity. Some of these contributors included John Smith‚ William Bradford‚ John Winthrop‚ Anne Bradstreet‚ Mary Rowlandson‚ and Cotton Mather. These writers all expressed their unique views through their writing. These contributions will be further explained throughout this paper. John Smith‚ an English soldier and author‚ was born in January of 1850. He is known for founding the first English
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