Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political‚ economic and social events of America in the 1890s. Scholars have examined four quite different versions of Oz: the novel of 1900‚ the Broadway play of 1901‚the Hollywood film of 1939‚ and the numerous follow-up Oz novels written after 1900 by Baum and others. The political interpretations focus on
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Misguiding Historical Fragments Ray Huang Dr.Friedman US History 09/06/2014 The movie of The Wizard of Oz obviously missed many historical document‚ seeming much simpler and easier to understand than does the book. The movie conducts a message about friendship‚ adventure‚ and positive spirit to the audience. And a classical topic of the book‚ The Wizard of Oz‚ is fantasy‚ appealing the interest and attention of the kids. Certainly‚ the lost content in the movie is related
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choose from. There are comedy‚ thriller‚ action‚ romance and suspense movies. There are some movies that always make you cry no matter how many times you see them. There are also some that you can get emotionally attached too as well. “The Wizard of Oz” is a classic movie that I grew up watching over and over again. I love this movie more than words can say. It was one of the first movies I loved as a child. The movie was so colorful and the songs I can remember till this day. I do
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In The Wizard of Earthsea‚ by Ursula K. Le. Guin‚ the main character‚ Ged‚ is a young wizard who makes a pernicious mistake that takes a great deal of maturity to undo the evil. Ogion‚ becomes Ged’s master and sends him to the field to learn about the power that each flower’s name holds. Ged becomes impatient with Ogion‚ so he transfers to the school of Roke. Additionally‚ Ged learns magic vigorously‚ but overlooks their powers because he is overly-driven to defeat his enemy: Jasper. Without the
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"Who doesn’t want to go to a place called Wizard Quest that has a giant dragon and a Gandalf statue?" Wizard Quest and its mighty dragon. I say into Deanna’s camera as we stand on a crosswalk in arguably one of the goofiest tourist traps I’ve ever been. (I’ve lived within an hour or so of both Pigeon Forge‚ Tennessee and Branson‚ Missouri so you can imagine) I woke up from a nap and we came rolling into Wisconsin Dells like it was a perfectly normal experience to see a place called Paul
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In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ the author‚ L. Frank Baum uses colors to symbolize a variety of things. When he wrote his story he probably had a specific plan in regards to what color was going to symbolize what. Colors can be used to symbolize a variety of things like the mood of the story‚ a character’s feelings‚ the temperature in the story‚ or even be symbolic of something in the real world. It would be left up to the reader’s interpretation of the story to see if they were able to uncover what
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John Smith Ms. Tracey December 21‚ 2005 Honors English 1st The Wizard of Earthsea Trait Essay Ged’s pride‚ constantly taking advantage of Ged‚ prevents him from ever fully maturing into adulthood. As a wizard‚ Ged was entitled to some pride‚ yet Ged took advantage of this right by biting off more than he could chew. First‚ he roots through Ogion’s spell books to find a spirit-summoning spell to impress a girl he meets in the forest. Then‚ he leaves Ogion for Roke because he believes that
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While I was reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ I saw there were some between the novel and movie. The two main differences between the novel and movie were that there was more violence in the novel than the movie and also in the novel‚ it was all a dream for Dorothy. The novel is a children’s book‚ but there was violence in it. The text talked about how the TinWood Man saved the Queen Mouse by killing the wildcat. In the movie‚ the Tin Man did not hurt a fly at all. All the Tin Man did in the movie
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Friendship in the Wizard of Oz. Having a group of friends can make or break a person. Your friends are constantly surrounding you and are one of the biggest influencers of your behavior. Parents tell us to watch who we choose to be our friends and they’re right about that! Having the right friendships when we’re young can teach us valuable lessons and prepare us for when we’re adults. Examples of good friendships can be found abundantly in the Wizard of Oz (both the movie and the books.)
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The inspiration for L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and the following thirteen Oz books is believed to be about the inability to escape‚ particularly for Baum‚ the inability to escape the rapidly advancing technology during the 20th century. The technologies that are focused on in particular in The Wizard of Oz are those of electricity‚ machines‚ the body‚ and domesticity. The city of Oz is based on the White City‚ Chicago‚ and how both are built around the idea of beauty and stability‚ but cover
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