Dorothy Gale

different challenges and task? Here is the movie “Wizard of Oz” telling us a story of young girl Dorothy living in Kansas with her aunt Em and uncle harry and adorable pet dog Toto. In this film ,we see, adventure,challenges besides Fear and Failure .Movie keep us very attentive from very beginning,the director-Victor Fleming does not lose hisplot and knows how to keep his audience awake .Dorothy when swallowed by twister reaches a magic land called land of Oz where she faces a lot of…

In the ¨Wizard of Oz¨ the protagonist, Dorothy struggles with Ms. Gulch in a person versus person argument over Toto, Dorothy’s dog. In the initial incident, Ms. Gulch arrives at Dorothy’s home with an order requiring Dorothy to hand over her dog to be put down for biting Ms. Gulch. During Toto’s ride with Ms. Gulch he escapes his basket and runs back to Dorothy. This then, inspires her to run away to keep Toto safe. While on the run Dorothy comes across a magician and while with him has a…

Gray is the first color that we are introduced in the story which represents Kansas. Kansas is Dorothy's home which she always describes as gray and boring. The Scarecrow asks Dorothy why would she want to go back to such a boring place instead of staying in Oz which is beautiful. Dorothy does not care that it is boring and dark because it is her home where her aunt Em and uncle Henry are. The color…

Imagine being sucked into a story you have heard about and watched for years...literally! In the book, Dorothy Must Die, by Danielle Paige, this is a girl powered book. This book was published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2014, it is inspired by the Wizard of Oz. Amy Gumm is just an ordinary girl from Kansas who lives an ordinary life, until she gets swept up by a tornado, dropping her into the one and only Oz. Only Oz is not the same, “This wasn’t Dorothy’s Oz” (35). everything has been…

Oscar nominated for best picture, cinematography, interior decoration, and special effects” (Nixon). “ Over the Rainbow” almost didn’t make it into the film, but it won an Oscar (Fisher). Also, Judy Garland won a juvenile Oscar for her performance as Dorothy (Fisher). Along with multiple Oscar achievements, there was almost an “Oz” sequel in the 40’s (Herbert). Although the movie is a large part of the history of The Wizard of Oz, the writing of the book and script also played a even larger role…

Dorothy taps her heels together three times and says to herself there’s no place like home. All of this happens because Dorothy ends up in Oz. The exposition starts out with Dorothy and her dog Toto coming out of the house very confused and surprised at where she could be. The major conflict in the Wizard of Oz during the play is that Dorothy ends up in the unknown place and wants to get back to Kansas. This conflict is stated throughout the play, but the Witch of the West had Dorothy, Tin Man,…

Willa Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was first published in 1904 and is a short story about a woman, named Georgiana, who finds herself transition from the ecstatic city of Boston, to the primitive Nebraska frontier. Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was inspired by Richard Wagner who was a German composer and conductor that lived from 1813 to 1883. He’s well known for his operas and his most famous work is that of “The Flying Dutchman”. Willa Cather, instead, wasn’t a musician but was an author of the…

The Wizard of Oz is a story of a girl named Dorothy and her pet dog named Toto. The two become lost when a cyclone carries them away, from their home in Kansas, to the beautiful, enchanted, magical land of Oz. Dorothy and Toto need help in getting back home. Along the way, and in so doing, they make enemies with the Wicked Witch of the West. And they make friends with the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion. The friendship helps the five to survive many adventures, and to make each…

presence of these roads in the movie that leads to the overall theme of going home. With that being said, the opening scene of the movie features Dorothy as she travels on a long narrow road opposite the camera towards home. Following her return home, the viewer is…

Three (3) values that direct family-centered services. Application, implication, and characteristics of each value. “Values are important to the practice of human services because they are the criteria by which helpers and clients make choices” (Woodside and McClam, 2011, p. 164). One of the values that direct family-centered services is that family plays a vital role in children growth. In Nelson & Landsman Alternative models of family preservation: Family-based services in context (as cited…