Good Witch of the North

The ongoing witch trials in Massachusetts have been a source of shock and horror among residents of surrounding regions. A number of towns have been involved including Salem Village, a tight-knit Puritan community with about 550 residents. The community is very religious and firmly believes in God’s providence. The madness began last spring in 1692 when two young girls named Betty Paris (9) and Abigail Williams (11) began to display bizarre behavior. A doctor found that the “convulsive seizures,…

“Follow the Yellow Brick Road, follow the Yellow Brick Road.” The film The Wizard of Oz is not only a beloved classic of motion picture, but also a model of Buddhist ideas, values, and ethics. The story begins on a farm in Kansas in the early 1900’s. Dorothy lives with her Aunt and Uncle. Miss Gulch, her neighbor, hits Dorothy’s dog Toto resulting in Toto biting her. Miss Gulch takes Toto on her bike to be euthanized by the sheriff. Toto jumps out of the basket and runs back to Dorothy…

Nissenbaum explain how Salem Town and Salem Village had social and financial issues between each other which was like a war between the two leading up to what we know as the Salem Witch Trials. Salem Possessed sheds more light on the Salem Witch Trials, than that of what we learned in school and of what I thought I knew. The Witch Trials were mainly caused by the feuds between the Town and the Village about the village becoming its own entity and being independent, money, land, growing…

Black Beauty first develops this positive attitude after he receives advice from his mother where she tells him: “do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play” (Sewell 4). Black Beauty takes this to heart especially when he has to leave his first home for Birtwick Park and his master tells him to always do his best (Sewell 15)…

The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming is a source of values to kids in the 90s generation. The film is about a young orphan girl named Dorothy Gale who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in the middle of nowhere in Kansas. Dorothy dreams to go “over the rainbow” after her nasty neighbor, Miss Gulch, hits Dorothy’s dog Toto causing Toto to bite her. Moments after, Miss Gulch shows up with an order from the sheriff to put her dog down because of the said incident. Escaping Toto runs back to…

The Scarecrow is made into a bumbling, scared character with no original ideas or thoughts to be found. The escape from that same poppy field in the movie is engineered by the Glinda the Good Witch of the North from afar. The Scarecrow freaks out for a second about the poppies before the problem is solved for him. The Tin Man is rusted to uselessness by the snow Glinda calls down and through the whole movie has to be reminded to not cry because it…

her because she is protected by the good witch’s kiss: “We dare not harm this little girl," he said to them, "for she is protected by the Power of Good [or good witches kiss]” (Baum 99). In Baum’s “Americanized fairy-tale” (160) Dorothy is never threatened like in traditional fairy-tales. She never has to feel the “awful consequences of being deserted or left alone” because she always has something to protect her. Even when she is face to face with the wicked witch, she is safe because “no one…

little bit of good in him, and is not afraid to be hung as a witch. When the minister confesses, he tells the entire town that everyone sins. After confessing he is eligible to let his daughter kiss him in public and die a happy man. Even though both works have a common theme, they develop a plot in a different way. The common theme allows the authors something that is different in both works and uses symbolism in each. In “The Crucible” John signing his name on the paper confessing the witch…

I couldn’t believe that Witch would do something like this! As I looked down at my tweeny little weary arms and legs, they were so meaty and tasty looking. But that’s not the point! How was I going to brag and make fun of them while taking my sterile baths?! I could hear Whit praising his sister for performing this atrocity, oh those wretched traitors would pay. As I looked at the interrogation room from my new perspective, I got started to remember what got me here, turning in my big sister,…

The Wizard of Oz children’s author L. Frank Baum helps reflect the populist agenda throughout the actions and personalities of the characters. Baum gives images during the turn of the United States dealing with political and economical issues during a specific time in history. Baum work helps give imagery of the populist agenda by providing the characters, symbols, and themes. Dorothy is the center of the whole image or issue. Dorothy is an orphan living with her Aunt and Uncle on a farm in…