The Wizard of Oz

Parents are a vital component to a child’s life. They not only dictate how one will grow but they nurture from the moment the baby is in the womb. Although some parents are great at this aspect of bringing up a child, some are not so fitted for the job. Rex and Rosemary Walls can be seen to contradict this idea of “great parenting” throughout the Memoir “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls. The couple fail to accept aid from other people when in need, keep their children safe and resist being…

Tale of a Third Grade Something Bill Porter is a third grader at Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wisconsin. He is nine years old and he has cerebral palsy (CP). Bill has no cognitive delays but he does have gross and fine motor delays for which he receives occupational and physical therapy. He also has articulation deficits and some expressive language delay. Bill is pulled out of his third grade classroom for both OT/PT and speech therapy. He receives all of his…

Texas has a long and rich in history, Texas was part of the Spanish Empire, also part of Mexico but in 1836 Texas acquired independence from the country. Since Texas was part of Mexico, there is many Hispanic influences that have been shaping Texas culture. But most of the important figures do not only come from Mexico, but from Spanish-speaking countries. According to pewhispanics.org the Texas population consists of 38% Hispanics, 88% are Mexican and 12% are non-Mexican. A total of 9,794 000…

The article "Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect" was written by Stephanie Hanes for the Christian Science Monitor on October 3, 2011. Hanes felt the need to address this subject due to the increase of Disney Princesses in children 's media, toys and on clothes, as well as the growing sexualization of young girls. She argues whether or not the media and the Disney Princess Empire have a negative effect on the increasing sexualization of young girls. This article can be…

during the Great Depression, notes that “escapism” was a “Hollywood’s real social mission-to provide a diversion from hard times (Brinkley 11)”. Adventure films of the classical era that undoubtedly provided an “escape” for moviegoers were The Wizard of Oz, Tarzan the Fearless, and King Kong. It is evident that the adventure genre changed in the classical era to provide viewers with an escape from the then daily stresses and as a result entertain them with worlds of fantasy, such as seen in the…

Two of the easiest poems in this collection to find the feminist message in are “Cinderella” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Sexton takes these two timeless tales and picks out the ways in which they cause readers to condescend women. She does this deftly and magically in these poems and provokes deep thoughts on the ways women are portrayed in the original tales. Sexton does her best to take the focus of her poem “Cinderella” off of how ugly the step-sisters and move it to how black…

As time goes on throughout history, the world changes, but some things always stay the same. This goes for humans as well, and as people grow and change, there is always an aspect of their life that shapes them and is a constant. In the duration of my life, responsibility has played a role in shaping who I am today. In all the aspects of my personality and life, responsibility can be seen in one way or another. Naturally, over the course of the past thirteen years, many different areas of my…

involving the characters Ned, Jinx and Miss Sadie. In the end, all the stories weave themselves together into a happy ending. Abilene learns that Jinx was her father and helps Miss Sadie by uncovering her past. Activities: 1. Compare and Contrast to Wizard of Oz 2. Create a museum box that go along with the time periods of the novel 3. Draw and label important places in the…

Work on the New York subway started in 1900. The world’s first vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901. The vacuum was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth. The triple AAA (American Automobile Association) was started in 1902. The international morse code signal for SOS (...---...) became the worldwide standard. Thomas Edison was alive during this time. He created the light bulb. Babe Ruth was only a rookie at this time. Theodore Roosevelt became president during this decade. Mark Twain was alive…

The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". The biographer Richard Cordell notes that the book was influenced by Maugham's study of science and his work as a houseman at St Thomas' Hospital. The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of Cosmopolitan (November 1924 – March 1925). Beginning in May 1925, it was serialised…