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Frank L. Baum's novel The Wizard of Oz teaches Dorothy Gale, the main protagonist, a good lesson on the importance of home. Dorothy lives on a gray farm in Kansas with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, along with her dog Toto. After being taken away from her home, Dorothy learns that there are many places you will go but nothing can compare to the safety of your own home. Dorothy meets friends along the way in her journey through the magical land called Oz. Dorothy's journeys bring about new…

“The Wizard of Oz” is a 1939 classic film featuring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and directing them all would be the great Victor Fleming. Victor Fleming’s classic film is about a young girl, named Dorothy, who lived with her aunt and uncle on their Kansas farm. A wealthy and nasty neighbor, Miss Gulch, are in conflict with Gale family regarding Dorothy’s dog Toto. Miss Gulch accused Toto of chasing her cat once more and biting her leg. After Dorothy had stolen…

The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is unsatisfied and decides to come back to Oz. However, Dorothy goes magic hungry and starts taking all of magic in Oz for herself. She turns the lovable creatures we know, such as the scarecrow, the lion, the tinman, and Glinda into terrible things. Happy munchkins are nowhere to be found and the unfortunate Amy Gumm gets stranded in the middle of this whole mess. Amy Gumm is a normal teenage girl, but she has more problems than everyone thinks. Her mother is a…

Obsessed which was also released the same year as Cadillac Records. In the movie, Beyonce have gone greater heights into proving that her acting can work without the involvement of her singing. With all the commotions going inside the film, her character Glinda has shadowed any Beyonce matter living in her body and has given the audience a believable stint that surely is memorable to movie buffs and Beyonce fans…

almost does not care enough to register them. People around Elphaba tend to recognize that there's something special about her, but Elphaba herself does not. This is crucial, because it's other people who create and define the Wicked Witch of the West. Glinda actually gets at the oddness of Elphaba, laying the groundwork for the Dwarf's eventual proclamation that “...You are neither this or that-or shall I say both this and that? Both of Oz and of the other world...You are a half-breed, you are…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children’s novel written by L. Frank Baum. Its smoothing story line is filled with beloved characters that are still talked about today in many literature classes. L. Frank Baum was born in New York in 1856, when children’s books were merely stories about basic themes and silly characters. Baum received most of his early education at tutor sessions in his home. Later in his adolescent years, he was sent to the Peekskill Military Academy, where he…

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 will cause him to rust. So the Scarecrow is made into a witless…

For my book talk, I read Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige, which falls under juvenile fantasy. The story begins in Mission, Kansas, and is later moved to the world of Oz by a tornado. This transportation is much like the one that Dorothy goes through in the famous movie, The Wizard of Oz. Oz, however, is not as it used to be. The author wrote, “My head was swimming. If this was a fantasy, it was a strange one: this wasn’t the Oz that I had read about or seen in the movie. It was as if someone…

The Odyssey and The Wizard of Oz both have heroes that make the story epic and intriguing. In each story a hero is present with supernatural abilities or qualities that help them along their journey home. A) Odysseus would be the brave hero in The Odyssey because he is smart and makes decisions based on h is mental ability. 1) One example of when Odysseus use his brain was when the cyclops Polyphemus asked Odysseus what his name is and Odysseus respond with nobody. B) Additionally, in The Wizard…

No movie is more famous for creating a world of wonder than the Wizard of Oz. Beyond the 124 little people and it’s ten leading roles, this film broke the mold of how children’s stories could be adapted onto the big screen. The Wizard of Oz truly inspired fantasy and excitement in its era. Some believe that its inspiration was through the recent children’s novels that had been successfully adapted into Disney movies. Some of the original producers actually believed that the audience might reject…