The Marvelous Land of Oz

Glinda hugged the two teens. She was the last to say goodbye--all of the others had already said their farewells. It was not a very tearful goodbye. Vella and Shay were too exhilarated to be sad. The day beforehand, Glinda had told the two of her plan on how to get them home. A friend of hers specialized in teleportation and was able to help Glinda figure out a way to transport Vella and Shay back to their homes. “Are you sure you want to do this?” Glinda asked. The two teens nodded. “Then…

to read the novel Spelled I enjoyed all the references to other fairy tales, like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Princess and the Frog. Betsy Schow, the author, added quotes and symbols that relate to the story that the book is based off of, The Wizard of Oz. After Dorthea, the princess of Emerald, and her servant Rexi escaped the “vacuum”, Dorthea said, “Dear Grimm, we’re not in Emerald anymore” which refers to, “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Schow also changed the ruby…

Textual illusions In something wicked this way comes the author Ray Bradbury uses textual illusions to reveal both Charles Halloway’s position in the book as well as future indicators. When in the book when the carnival is asking for a volunteer for the bullet act the crowd separates from Charles as “the sea before Moses(Bradbury 244)”. The author uses this biblical illusion to compare Charles to Moses from the Bible as a savior to this story. Charles is the only reason that the carnival is no…

The Simplified Wizard of Oz Hunter Hannula Dr. Jason Friedman Modern U.S. History 10/16/14 Written during the meteoric rise of the populist movement, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was more than just an entertaining story for children. Full of multifaceted characters and symbolism, much of the book can be interpreted as an allegory for the political events at the time. About 40 years after the publication of the book, a movie…

Imagine you are dropped in a new land, unknown to you. You meet witches and a talking scarecrow, lion and tinman. That is what happened to humble Dorothy Gale from Kansas in The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum. In order to get home Dorothy needs to go on an adventure to emerald city. She is faced with hard challenges but proceeds to conquer those challenges. However, Dorothy was scared initially, she learns to face her fears throughout the story. Therefore, she is becoming more independent, she…

to increase her energy and control her weight. She started to rely on the medication and also needed medication in order to sleep (http://www.biography.com/people/judy-garland-9306838). In 1939, she got one of her greatest successes in The Wizard of Oz. It showed off her singing and acting abilities. She was awarded with an Academy Award for playing Dorothy. She later made many more musicals such as Strike Up the Band, Babes of Broadway, and For Me and My…

Waddy’s second classification of characters are the ones who tend to create homes for themselves, and, as they do, they become more fond of what they have created and more defined by it. Their home becomes their alter ego. She calls this category the Promethean pattern, for the characters have left one home and, usually through a good deal of work, created another. This pattern is obvious in literature of physical survival, but is present also in stories of psychic survival. Peter pan belongs to…

Walter Hugh McDougall was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of John Alexander McDougall (1810–1894),[3] a painter and close associate of writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving.[4] Walt attended a military academy, and from the age of 16 was self-educated. He began his professional work in 1876 with the New York Daily Graphic, which three years earlier had become the nation's first illustrated daily newspaper. He also sold early works to Harper's Weekly and Puck.[5][6] For a time…