The Marvelous Land of Oz

In Frank Baum’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, he presents the themes of colors to represent different roles within the novel. Within the last few chapters, colors have been prevalent in reading. The role of color is an important aspect in literature as it improves the reader’s understanding of the setting and theme. Authors often also use colors to symbolize a deeper meaning that can pull the reader into the story. Without the use of colors as symbolism, the readers can sometimes miss underlying morals or themes that they might not directly express. The importance of the colors Baum used, especially white, green, and yellow, help with the direction of the storyline. White was a prevalent color in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. Baum used white to represent purity throughout the novel. Historically, white has been used to represent people and objects that are clean, proper, and pure. These include wedding dresses and clean linens. When Dorothy met the good witch of the north, she was dressed in all white, unlike wicked witches of the east and west, who were wearing dark dreary colors. The wicked witch that Dorothy’s house had killed had held the…

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 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…

Steven Wen US History Block 5A 09/10/2014 The difference between “The Wizard of OZ” Movie and Book The first and might the biggest different is that in the movie,the land of OZ is just Dorothy’s dreaming,but in the book,the land of OZ is a real place and she really traveled to that land.The movie show the story as the dream which Dorothy is having,and also the people in her life was showing up as the characters in the dream.In the book,the writer make readers believe that…

The Wizard of Oz is one of four books from a series called, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. The novel is fairytale known for it relatable content towards the face of modern day society, the boys and girls in America during the early 1900s. The gaping aspects of a young child, Dorothy being the hero of the story captivated the children of both now and then. The Wizard of Oz is take place in a fantasy world geared toward the ending implication that all dreams can be…

Name Of Movie: The Wizard Of Oz. 1.- Give a description of the film you watched. Did you watch it alone or in a group? Include whether the information was presented in ASL, in English, any other language or communication mode(subtitles). Was it in lesson format or presentation style? What was the purpose of the tape? Educational, artistic, religious, informative, cultural, etc? This film is an adaptation in ASL of the children early 20th century tale, made into a musical fantasy film in1939…

From a simple trip to Kansas, the stories unfold as the writer of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz brings the fantasized world to life. The tail of a writer that takes ordinary things and reforms them to a mystical object that forms a story read by many. Frank L. Baum from a family of love and works his way to the top of books and the loving father to his family. Despite people who do not like the book, the writer has become famous for his classic Story. The writer of the Wonderful Wizard Of Oz was a…

Lyman Frank Baum wrote a novel in 1900 wanting to pleasure and entertain children; a modernize fairy tale. Little did he know his book would become a huge success becoming one of the first colored films. The book he wrote was called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with a series later to follow. Frank Baum grew up being home schooled for his schooling. When he was twelve years old he was enrolled into a strict military school. He later learned he had a dislike for harshness and the military, due to…

Throughout Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is most definitely a heroin, as seen in her many acts of courage and her successes found in the story. In the face of adversity, Dorothy perseveres and succeeds in her goal; finding what lies at the end of the yellow brick road. To begin with Dorothy, is a woman of courage. She kills a witch, teaches a lion to not be afraid, and much more. Initially, she is seen as a common farm hand, but that changes as the story progresses. She does much…

Comparing the ideas of The Wizard of OZ to A Modest Proposal Are The Wizard of Oz and A Modest Proposal really what they seem? Or do they have a deeper meaning? This essay will go over the different types of Oz beliefs and also compare them to that of A Modest Proposal. The Wizard of Oz is a film created by L. Frank Baum. In this flick, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado and somehow whisked away to the Land of Oz. There, the meets some noticeable friends and foes on her journey to…