Literature Emotions and Confidence in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is a piece of American culture that children have been taking in since the early 20th century. L. Frank Baum first introduced The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900‚ and would write 13 sequel novels after its publication. In 1939‚ MGM released The Wizard of Oz in technicolor to American audiences. The film exploded‚ and the popularity of The Wizard of Oz is still present in society today. With a large chunk of
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Dualities of Good vs. Evil in The Wizard of Oz Through the expression of literature within the elementary school classroom‚ young children can become exposed to endless lesson’s regarding life and growing. “Realistic” stories have been criticized for being dull‚ too complex‚ and psychologically empty. For example‚ it is practically impossible to find any meaning within literature such as “See Dick. See Jane.” Nonetheless‚ fantasy restores this meaning within the reading process. As expressed by
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components. It can be perceived as a process which leads to a conclusion or destination. The journey process is more significant than the destination. William Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’‚ J.M Barrie’s novel Peter Pan and Victor Flemming’s film The Wizard of Oz (1939)‚ all communicate journey concepts. Through analysing the ideas and textual conventions it will become evident that the ‘journey process’ is more important than the destination. Shakespeare shows a greater understanding of the journey concept
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Wizard of Oz Textbook Tour Alysha Kahlow EDU 324-01 Teaching Social Studies Wisconsin Lutheran College Wizard of Oz Textbook Tour Textbook tours are a fun way to introduce students to upcoming units in a specific class. Textbook tours are a way to have students interact with the text they will be working with for the year. By introducing the main topics and ideas to them before they read or look through the book can help engage the students and make them want to learn about what they
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was published on May 17‚ 1900. There were two such productions that occurred due to this book. The first was the MGM movie “The Wizard of Oz”‚ an adaptation of Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ came out on August 25‚ 1939. Second was “Wicked: The Musical”‚ which began in 2003‚was an adaptation of a spinoff book called Wicked written by Gregory Maguire which gave a different perspective of the characters and plot of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . The musical
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Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass and Wizard of Oz are great works of fantasy. Each novel incorporates aspects that can help the reader understand more about a child’s way of thinking and his/her journey to adulthood. Also elements from Bettelheim‚ Freud and Jung can be applied in analyzing each work. In both Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass and Wizard of Oz ‚ the authors delineate essential components to show how the main characters‚ Alice and Dorothy‚ mature from childhood
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Mise-en-scène The placement of a prop or altering the way the light shines on a scene‚ however insignificant they may seem‚ are ways that the director can select and control meaning in a film. Such is in The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming‚ 1939)‚ specifically during the scene where Dorothy (Judy Galand) has been locked in the Wicked Witch of the West’s (Margaret Hamilton) castle room by herself; many aspects of mise-en-scene are noticeable. Many of the elements of the scene she is in contribute to
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child‚ I watched the “The Wizard of Oz‚” all the time; but when we watched it together in my U.S. History Class‚ I realized that the meaning is much deeper than it seems. Many of the characters and significant places or things in the movie can represent people‚ places‚ things and ideas from American history. There are many ways to connect “The Wizard of Oz‚” to history. In “The Wizard of Oz” Dorothy is a simple girl who gets caught up in a huge scenario involving wizards‚ flying monkeys‚ and many
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In the wizard of oz the magical land of Oz‚ color is used to depict varied characteristics of the story‚ including things like place‚ mood and emotions. The specified color for each location throughout the story allows the reader to more easily follow with their progression through the tale. Colors were used to describe The wizard of oz is a story of a girl and her dog encountering new friends in a new strange colorful land trying to get back to a world that seems rather dull or grey .The
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The Wizard Of Oz: The Bimetallic Standard & Populism Representations At first look‚ The Wizard Of Oz just seems to be a story about a normal Kansas girl who simply just wants to get back to her home‚ and is able to do so with the help of some new friends she meets along her journey. However‚ there seems to more to the story than just that. The author L. Frank Baum wrote the story in the late 1890s and it was published in 1900. This was right around the same time there was a huge fuss over the
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