The Wizard of Oz

amphetamines 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…

be a great strategist and have a plan for the things that interest him. He always wants to learn new things, his thirst for knowledge is insatiable; he loves reading all kinds of books, I remember that the first book he read completely was "The Wizard of Oz" in second grade. Angel is a bold leader and I think he could polish his leadership with a better education. Angel's intelligence goes beyond a single subject or class, is curious and likes challenges. Angel is a sociable and friendly guy,…

Dorothy and living out the Wizard of Oz seemed like a great idea, no matter how ridiculous it sounded to my parents. I would get to wear my hair in beautiful braids, have a cute little dog, loyal companions, and strut along the yellow brick road in my ruby red slippers, tackling every challenge that came my way. Becoming Dorothy Gale was my dream. However, I never imagined that this dream would become my reality. The tornado in my life did not take me from Kansas to the land of Oz, but instead…

As an audience member there are lots of “hats” that I tend to wear such as the role of a student and a woman.One of the recent theatrical productions I have witnessed recently has been The Wizard of Oz. While watching this play I have I was reminded of being told that I must go out in search of. For instance as a student, I was reminded of the tin man not having a heart being compared to students with no experience. Usually when students finish their degree and go out into the world we are told…

“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…

the Tinman, son of a woodsman. I am trying to convince the Wizard of Oz to give to me a new heart, for I have not one because the wicked witch cut it off with my own axe. I have yet to approach the wizard. It will be a tough journey, but I shall do it for the beautiful Munchkin maiden. I need this heart because, if I don’t get the heart, I wouldn’t be able to love the beautiful Munchkin maiden. I’m going to try to convince the wizard with phrases like “no one can love who has not a heart”.…

of Event: Wicked is a musical about how the witches from The Wizard of Oz became friends. Elphaba, the wicked witch of the west, goes to Shiz University to help care for her little sister Nessarose. Her roommate at Shiz ends up being Glinda the Good. The professor at Shiz realizes that Elphaba has great powers and decides to teach her sorcery and gives her a chance to meet the Wizard. Elphaba and Glinda go together to meet the wizard and while there she is given the spell book which only the…

There’s No Place like Oz Caroline lived in the midst of the great North Carolina piedmont with Jamie, who was her mother, and Alex, who was her older brother. Their house was made of brick, and sat upon a tall, grassy hill overlooking the road below that no one ever drove on. When Caroline stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray small town on every side. Neither a Starbucks nor a Forever 21 broke the broad sweep of mountainous country that…

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 turned upside down, “There was something dead about all of it” (28). This has all been done by none other…

Have you ever wondered what life would be like over the rainbow? Way up high in the lands of Oz? Have you ever wanted to know the real Wicked Witch of the West? Well then, you're in for a treat. Gregory Maguire is an American novelist born in Albany, New York in 1954. He received his PhD in English and American Literature at Tuft University. He is the author of many parallel novels and stories for both children and adults. The most famous of Maguire's novels is, without a doubt, Wicked.…