The New Land

“Follow the Yellow Brick Road, follow the Yellow Brick Road.” The film The Wizard of Oz is not only a beloved classic of motion picture, but also a model of Buddhist ideas, values, and ethics. The story begins on a farm in Kansas in the early 1900’s. Dorothy lives with her Aunt and Uncle. Miss Gulch, her neighbor, hits Dorothy’s dog Toto resulting in Toto biting her. Miss Gulch takes Toto on her bike to be euthanized by the sheriff. Toto jumps out of the basket and runs back to Dorothy…

Journal Two: Leopold Aldo Leopold’s The Land Ethic mainly focuses on the importance of developing a sort of ethic for interacting with the land or a symbiotic relationship with the land and the world around us. This piece touches on numerous aspects of our current relationship with the environment and what needs to be reformed and understood in order to improve this relationship. Although The Land Ethic was published in 1949, Leopold’s statements and evaluations made in this piece are…

For the last one hundred years, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, and its 1939 motion picture counterpart, The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy, and George Cukor, have had tremendous effects on the culture of the United States of America. Fulfilling dreams as a child and, on a grander scale, promoting Populism, are some of the most noted influential concepts put forth by both adaptions. Whether it was the adventurous story of how a young girl returned to her…

In this paper, I strive to understand Robert Smithson’s Nonsites in seven parts: scientific investigation, land art/earthwork, process art/performance art/interactive art, architecture, minimalist sculpture/feminism, photography, and institutional critique. As convenient as it is to divide the various approaches to this work so neatly, it should be noted that…

house is in relation to Munchkinland. Without the emphasis on the rule of thirds, it would be challenging for the audience to appreciate that in Oz, size is one of the things that are vastly different from Kansas. The next shot reveals the enormous land while also showing that in Munchkinland everything is in miniature. The buildings become more relative in size, not figurative. The emphasis here is less on depth and more on detail so rule of thirds is very important here. The rule of thirds is…

“bitterness”. c. This name change reflected her thoughts about her situation. B. Naomi stated that she went out full, but God brought her home empty. 1. We can certainly sympathize with Naomi. a. She left her home in Judah to go to a foreign land. b. While there, her husband and two sons died. c. How would you feel in this situation? 2. However, her situation did not mean that God caused her sufferings. a. We have already seen how Elimelech left Judah on his own accord. b.…

farm, taking the farm, Dorothy, and Toto along with it. Soon Dorothy realizes she’s nowhere near Kansas. That poor Kansas girl, now in a brilliant place filled with bright colors and flowers. “The Land of Oz, with its varied landscape and diverse inhabitants, is a microcosm of America.”(Taylor). The Land of Oz is represented by its dramatic, vibrant colors and mass population of Munchkins just like the Industrial Revolution. Many people during the Industrial Revolution started coming from…

The Wilderness “For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land” (Deuteronomy 15:11). Biblical scripture itself does not omit poverty from its pages. Messages of the vulnerable and poor are interwoven to express how pervasive their plight has been and will be in society. Religion assumes a righteous and perfect image outlined by preachers and painted by its followers.…

Toto represents virtuousness, the Scarecrow represents the hard working farmers, the Tinman represents the hard working laborers, and the Lion represents the politicians (Littlefield, 57). From beginning to end, Baum takes Dorothy on a ride through a land of populism. First, Dorothy is a very unique character. In Kansas she is a bubbly, young girl and an enigma to her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. They do not understand why she is always so happy, even under such miserable circumstances (Baum,…

In the past accusations of witchcraft ran rampant causing panic wherever it went. 75%-90% of those tried and executed during this occurrence were female as opposed to the 10%-25%, which were males. It was apparent that women were linked to negative beliefs about dangerous magic and association with the devil, or judged based on systems of power in communities and courts worked against women rather than men. The concept of Gender plays an important role in shaping ideas about witches. In the…