text is a poem called ‘Journey’ by Narendra Kuppan. My second chosen text is the movie‚ ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and my third text is the book‚ ‘Tomorrow When the War Began‚’ by John Marsden. These three texts are all related as they are about a person or a group of people undergoing their own personal Journey of Discovery. They also enhanced and challenged my understanding of the concept in the way that each individual journey is carried out. My first text – Journey‚ by Narendra Kuppan closely relates
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Sequence Analysis: Wizard of Oz Rabi Kumaraswamy October 31‚ 2014 DRAMA 3030 Dr. Aaron Taylor In the Wizard of Oz‚ we see the journey of a girl‚ Dorothy Gale‚ in her dreams to escape her dismal life on the farm and her troubles with her aunt and uncle. It is only after she dreams of being in a place unfamiliar and troublesome that she realizes how much her family means to her. From this we can see the film’s explicit meaning: “There’s no place like home.” Although this line can in ordinary be a
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Although adversity may reveal ones fate or fortune; a friend would show his true side in the time to come. In the movie the "Oz: The Great and Powerful" downfall and redemption play a major role in the development of each character. At the beginning of Oz the great and poweful it seems as Oscar is at rock bottem. During Oscars magic show things dont go as expected when a paralized girl asks him to make her walk instead of telling her that he is a illusion a fake he lets her cry and just leaves
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the movie Wizard of oz this can be shown in the case where the “Wizard” tells them to go retrieve the Broom of which belonged to the Witch of the west in the thought that they would never come back. Not only is deceit shown here but it is shown in many other cases which will be shown later in the essay. You will also read why he did this and how he convinced them it was the truth The “Wizard” that is. This said I will lead onto the next paragraph giving one example of many where Oz uses deceit. Getting
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“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a modern fairy tale first published in 1900 by Lyman Frank Baum. Since its inception it has gained many political interpretations comparing the fairy tale to the political‚ economic‚ and social events in America in the late 19th century. (1) One of the most popular political interpretations of the fairy tale is “The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism” written by Henry Littlefield in which he outlines allegories in the story regarding the Populist movement during the
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Toto find themselves in Munchkin Country‚ located in Oz. The house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East‚ killing her. The Munchkins are delighted to be freed from their evil ruler. The Good Witch of the North gifts Dorothy the Wicked Witch of the East’s ruby slippers. While the Munchkins are very nice‚ Dorothy wants to return home. In order to do so‚ the Good Witch of the North tells her that she has to go to Emerald City and ask the Wizard of Oz for help. As Dorothy follows the yellow brick road
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d Jordan Buttarazzi Mr. Tonelli ENG3U1F Monday‚ March 5‚ 2012 The Importance of Dorothy’s Companions in the Wizard of Oz Throughout Dorothy’s adventure from Kansas to the land of the munchkins‚ she must venture on a perilous journey accompanied by three important and helpful companions. Dorothy meets a Scarecrow without a brain‚ a Tin Man without a heart and a very cowardly Lion. Their journey experiences hardships and difficult times where all seems lost‚ but working together they
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The Wizard of Oz: Behind the Camera’s Eye‚ Through the Camera’s Eye‚ and Through the Audience’s Eye Thesis written by Kimberly Adams Instructor: Patricia Krapesh Saint Mary’s of the Woods College ID302 Film Culture My thesis on the Wizard of Oz will look at this classic and beloved 1939 film from the behind the camera’s eye‚ through the camera’s eye‚ and through the audience’s eye. I will examine the difference between the book‚ written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 and the screenplay for
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classification of a fairy tales as demarcated from other forms of children’s literture. With the help of these distinctive structural and stylistic features‚ Frank L. Baum’s novel‚ “The Wizard of Oz” can be classified within the boundaries of the fairy tale. USE OF OUTSIDE WORLD (SOCIETAL COMMENTARY): “The Wizard of Oz‚” like so many fairy tales‚ naturally has cultural‚ social‚ and political undertones interwoven within the text. Virtually all of Baum’s characters and magical land pertain to specific
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Narrative Report on The Wizard of OZ Story and Plot When differentiating between story and plot in narrative film‚ we can identify the story as a series of all the events presented to us within the narrative‚ inclusive of all elements that have been overtly presented to us‚ as well as events that the viewer may infer or conceptualise. In contrast‚ the plot can be described as all the elements that are presented to us throughout the screen duration. That is everything that we see and hear and
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