In the movie, The Wizard of Oz, the protagonist is Dorothy and the antagonist is Dorothy herself and her not appreciating home and what she has. The type of conflict is person versus self. The actual problem is that Dorothy wants to go “over the rainbow” or she isn’t seeing and appreciating what she has. She is blind to her blessings. The reader sees this in the initial incident when she is worried about Toto and Ms Gulch, she is singing about some faraway place where all her problems will be solved. Then, eventually, in the climax she is in what she defends as not a dream but real life where she is discovering and finding how blessed she is and how she ought to be grateful, while in the magical land of Oz with her three best friends. Finally,
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Baum Dorothy is unappreciative of what she has, her family and friends. She sings the song “Over the rainbow” and is thinking of some place where all her problems would be solved. This explains how the conflict is person versus self because she has not yet realized that what she wants and what she really needs in her life is right in front of her, and she has to figure that out herself. Also in the movie, Dorothy is constantly telling herself that there must be some place better than where she is now. She thinks that her life is so hard and terrible and that somewhere else someone has it easier than she does. This shows that she doesn't understand what she has, is all she needs. Also in the movie, towards the end there is a scene where she really wants to go home. She is discovering that her home and family is all she needs to be happy and she says the phrase “there's no place like home” and she is magically back in Kansas. This explains how it is person versus self because she is finally realizing for herself what she really wants and how she had it all along. Overall, in the movie The Wizard of Oz based on the book written by Frank L. Baum, the reader discovers right along with Dorothy how she is the protagonist along with the antagonist, and how the conflict is person versus self through the many scenes that presented themselves in the initial incident, climax, and denouement. “There's no place like
Baum Dorothy is unappreciative of what she has, her family and friends. She sings the song “Over the rainbow” and is thinking of some place where all her problems would be solved. This explains how the conflict is person versus self because she has not yet realized that what she wants and what she really needs in her life is right in front of her, and she has to figure that out herself. Also in the movie, Dorothy is constantly telling herself that there must be some place better than where she is now. She thinks that her life is so hard and terrible and that somewhere else someone has it easier than she does. This shows that she doesn't understand what she has, is all she needs. Also in the movie, towards the end there is a scene where she really wants to go home. She is discovering that her home and family is all she needs to be happy and she says the phrase “there's no place like home” and she is magically back in Kansas. This explains how it is person versus self because she is finally realizing for herself what she really wants and how she had it all along. Overall, in the movie The Wizard of Oz based on the book written by Frank L. Baum, the reader discovers right along with Dorothy how she is the protagonist along with the antagonist, and how the conflict is person versus self through the many scenes that presented themselves in the initial incident, climax, and denouement. “There's no place like