The Progressive Era is well known for reform‚ change and making America better. Order‚ structure‚ control‚ and the betterment of were some motives for progressive reform. While the population was calling for reform it was the responsibility of the government to reform society. Separate Car Acts‚ Plessey v. Ferguson and The Jim Crow laws are some of those reforms that government put in place to help make America more American and protect the people from the ‘outsiders’. These reforms can be considered
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All of the mentioned friends play a vital roles as The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)‚ The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and The Tin Man (Jack Haley)” in the film. (IMDb‚ n.d). At one point‚ Dorothy decides to run away and find a new life with her dog Toto. During a storm and trying to get back home‚ Dorothy finds herself in a strange place‚ The Land of Oz. The scene I have chosen to analyze is “The Cowardly Lion” staring Dorothy‚ Toto‚ the Scarecrow‚ Tin Man‚ and the Lion. The importance of each character
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The brainless scarecrow is deemed to represent the Mid Western farmers who exhibited the sense of self-doubt and inferiority as a result of the many years of hardship and the subjection to ridicule. In addition‚ populist leaders such as Sockless Jerry Simpson and William
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The contrast of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman to Dorothy and the Lion also presents the idea that flesh is inconvenient and requires a great deal more work than those who do not have it because flesh creatures require water‚ rest‚ food‚ and lots of protection. This exemplifies the idea the eventual end to the current human body and transformation into something unnatural and inhuman. However‚ the theme in the novel about wanting to try to give a human sense to the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman circles
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and significance. Dorothy represented the common American and their values. She is levelheaded‚ fair‚ and respectful. Her personality represents the ideal personality for the average American of the time. The Scarecrow represented the midwestern farmers. They are depicted through the scarecrow as brainless and inferior. They were victim to the monetary policy of the Gold Standard. The Tin Man represented the industrial workers. His body is made entirely of tin‚ which shows how the industrial workers
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the story and is the backbone of the piece. Although the path is familiar‚ the things she encounters along the path change each time she takes it. In a previous year‚ she had encountered a snake with two heads while this year she comes across a scarecrow and an angry dog. In a similar way‚ events during the year such as seasons and birthdays can be expected while things like deaths and accidents can come as a surprise. Phoenix
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named Leper is called scarecrow or snowman. Other examples that John Knowles uses are the old buildings outside at the Devon School and also the character Finny. Symbolism is a good thing in this story because it gives the readers a larger advantage to reading the story. John Knowles uses the character Leper as a part of symbolism in A Separate Peace. Leper is a type of person that is a loner or often called an outcast. Several people call him snowman or even scarecrow because he does not talk
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see the wizard of “Oz”‚ which is short for ounces and is the system of measurement for gold. The wizard lives in the emerald city‚ which is green for the color of money. On her way to the city she meets three characters: a scarecrow‚ tin man‚ and a lion. The brainless scarecrow represent farmers‚ the tin man factory workers‚ and the cowardly lion represents William Jennings Bryan. They all join Dorothy and continue to follow the yellow brick road. There are so many more symbols on the way to Oz like
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The year of 1939 was a great year for classical movie lovers. With Gone with the Wind‚ Mr. Smith goes to Washington‚ Wuthering Heights‚ and The Wizard of Oz. This year during the Great Depression gave us more classics than most years combined. The Great Depression was one of the main reasons behind the making of all of these movies; the dark and bleak times needed a getaway‚ a place to escape to where ones troubles don’t matter‚ the movies were that getaway
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Kyle Wadell Integrated Western Civilization 1/22/2012 Hero Cycle Essay-Batman Begins Joseph Campbell detailed his theory of the monomyth in his book‚ The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The theory of the monomyth or Hero Cycle is that there is a way of telling a story that is hardwired into our brains and that across cultures myths will resemble each other due to this internal plot. The book shows how Humans in general prefer to‚ and find it hard not to‚ tell a narrative not as a hero’s journey with
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