Complete History and 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Historical Fragments Ray Huang Dr.Friedman US History 09/06/2014 The movie of The Wizard of Oz obviously missed many historical document‚ seeming much simpler and easier to understand than does the book.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
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Soul clap its hands and sing‚ and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress (line 9-12) The first line of this represents the emotion of the speaker; unwanted and misplaced. The aged man feels like a scarecrow “a tattered coat upon a stick” (line 10).The job of the scarecrow is to scare birds away. In the first stanza of the poem the author represents new life with birds. This aged body seems to be scaring away new life‚ and the soul within is singing louder trying to find its way out
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The main protagonist is Amy Gumm. She is a girl from Kansas and she hates it there. Her mom is never there to take care of her and a girl named Madison always bullies her. Her life was disappointing‚ boring and tough. Amy always managed on her own somehow but she wanted to get away. Far away! One day she was sitting in her trailer like any other day but the suddenly off the ground and floating in mid air. She passed out in the middle but when she woke up‚ she was in the magical land of Oz. She arrived
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picked up some friends and allies who taught you the importance of brains‚ heart and courage. In the Wizard of Oz‚ the Scarecrow wanted a brain. The brain represents preparation and lifelong learning. You must continue to read‚ to study‚ to learn‚ to become greater than you were yesterday. Will you continue to feed your mind‚ long after you leave this place? Remember‚ as the Scarecrow tells Dorothy‚ “Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.” The Tin Man sought a heart. The heart is about
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Blahaha Ms.blahaha English III CP 25 Febuary 2014 They say with age‚ comes wisdom. They say a tough life will build tough people. That the world‚ no matter how terrible it may seem or how bad things get‚ is only what you make of it. This has never been shown more so by Phoenix Jackson from Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”. Encumbered with age and poverty‚ Phoenix shows fortitude‚ cleverness‚ and a child-like view of the world while traveling to the city for medicine. Welty’s love of literature
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In what ways can Dorothy be described as a feminist hero? In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ L. Frank Baum has made sure there is a feminist hero in his book. This is because everyone should see an example of a good feminist hero‚ especially around the time when this book was written; in 1900‚ it was very rare to read a book with any sort of feminism in it. Dorothy throughout the book‚ shows many heroic acts supporting the idea that she is a feminist hero. When L. Frank Baum is talking
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What does the title suggest? The title suggests that the novel is based somewhere desolate‚ isolated and cold. It also suggests that the setting is very important‚ otherwise‚ why not call it Scarecrow since he’s the main character? Genre: The genre of this novel is action/thriller. I have determined this because the definition of thriller; a suspenseful adventure story‚ fits perfectly with the novel. What is the point of view of the novel? This novel was written in third person. This
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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
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The task that Dorothy had to complete to gain the ability to get home seemed almost impossible at first; to retrieve the broom stick from the Wicked Witch. Considering the group she was with; a cowardly lion‚ a heartless tin man and a brainless scarecrow‚ didn’t seem like
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Lana Athalye 12/12/07 English Period:4 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane The story begins on Egypt Street. On the street there was a house. In the house lived a family‚ the Tulanes‚ and their daughter’s china rabbit-Edward Tulane. They were fairly wealthy‚ and dressed Edward in the best clothes money could buy. Abilene (Edward’s
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