The Wizard of Oz: An Exploration of the Connections to the Populist Movement Dorothy‚ as played by Judy Garland in the movie‚ was a young teenage girl who‚ when a tornado hit her house in Kansas‚ was magically transferred to Oz with her dog‚ Toto. Dorothy was seen as the Everyman who just wanted to get back to the way things used to be. She embodies what every American wants to be: loyal‚ strong-willed‚ and resourceful. Henry Littlefield identifies her‚ “"Dorothy is Baum’s Miss Everyman. She
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Lee is a very exciting and interesting character in this novel. This character goes through a lot in his life. As the character goes through this novel‚ he starts to figure out his future and a possible career that he can approach soon enough. This character called Lee has many different types of traits‚ but the most important and attracting ones are: problem solver‚ miserable and helpful. The first trait that describes Lee is a problem solver. Lee has been a very good problem solver throughout
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Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmospheres. Foster would classify To Kill a Mockingbird under geography. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the Great Depression. Alabama was one of the eleven states to succeed the union in 1861. Because the Confederacy lost the war‚ Alabama was forced back into the union. Alabama faced many hardships during the Reconstruction Era‚ the era that took place in the South after the civil war. To make matters
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Braving Storms by Shemaya Neupane It was a dark and stormy night. Hardly anything was seen‚ well one thing was seen. A little girl no older than 12 was braving the storm all by herself. She had long red hair and pale skin the color of paper. She was about 5’1. She had a white button up shirt and black skirt above her knees and black tap shoes. Her name is Blossom Sigamore and she is the first person to ever brave storms. ___________________________________________________________________
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produced during the eruption of a volcano. As it leaves the volcano‚ the lava destroys many buildings and plants it encounters. Hailstorms Hailstorms are falls of rain drops that arrive as ice‚ rather than melting before they hit the ground. Tornado Tornado is a violent‚ dangerous‚ rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and cloud. Solar flares A solar flare is a phenomenon where the sun suddenly releases a great amount of solar radiation‚ much more than
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“The Mask” Analysis Paper The definition of hiding is that act of concealing. People may be hiding something or from something. In the depressed and glum poem‚ “The Mask”‚ the author shows that her life isn’t as it seems to other people. This message is conveyed through the use of imagery‚ simile‚ metaphors and repetition. Imagery is put into use by the author describing that “The tears start to stream” when she takes “The Mask” off. This shows how people may see her happy all the time and never
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Expense 300‚000 Interest Revenue 180‚000 Gain on the Sale of Equipment 270‚000 Loss on the Sale of IBM Stock 300‚000 Loss from Discontinued Division Operations 750‚000 Gain on the Sale of the Discontinued Division 900‚000 Extraordinary Gain from Tornado Insurance 1‚050‚000 Income Tax Expense (at 30% Rate) 585‚000 What amount of gain appears for the Gain on Sale of Equipment on MJM’s 2008 Income Statement? Selected Answer: [None Given] Answers: $175‚000 $81‚000 $189‚000 $108‚000 None of
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bases Joy is on the fans bright faces Will he be safe? Will he be out? We wait to hear the umpires shout Tension is rife And that is why baseball is life! Free verse: Tornado It happens so quickly No time to react The tornado crashes through A deadly bomb Chaos is all on its mind Destroying all in its path A little girl Weeps on the sidewalk She thinks What have we done to deserve This? Destruction is all she can see For miles and
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hurricane were Georgia and Alabama. In Alabama‚ after the hurricane‚ more than 584‚000 people were left without power. Tornados were also reported after the hurricane. Only two deaths have been reported in Alabama‚ both in traffic related accidents during the Katrina. Georgia was also hit by Hurricane Katrina. There were heavy rains‚ damaging winds‚ and reports of tornados. There were only two confirmed deaths. Mississippi was majorly impacted by Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane‚ almost
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I watched “The Wiz” last week at school in my Theatre class. Dorothy was having some problems with her Aunt‚ and got whirled away in a tornado to a magical land called Oz. To get home‚ she had to go talk to the Wiz‚ but along the way she had some friends to help her get there. Before she gets to go home she has to fight the Wicked Witch of the West with the help of her friends. In my opinion the play was decent it wasn’t all that good‚ but it was okay. Was the actors’ acting extraordinary or was
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