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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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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importance of the lessons a journey may possess. I have chosen three texts that relate closely to the aspects of Journeys of Discovery. My first selected 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
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Historical Fragments Ray Huang Dr.Friedman US History 09/06/2014 The movie of The Wizard of Oz obviously missed many historical document‚ seeming much simpler and easier to understand than does the book.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 to
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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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the Wizard of OZ The Wizard of OZ is an allegory some say‚ written by Frank Baum during the turnoff the 20th Century. There are many people who have made numerous comparisons between the political climate of the time‚ the characters and themes of the book. Initially a children’s novel‚ the book has come to mean so much more for so many more. For this project you will research the Populist movement and compare what you find to the research you complete on the true meaning of the Wizard of OZ. Each
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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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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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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 have
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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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