The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz, has become a classic. Baum's story continues to affect children and adults today. Most people view the story as a simple fantasy, and some think the story symbolizes real life issues. Baum's tone gives you a good visual, it is light-hearted and whimsical as well as enchanting. When Dorothy first arrived Oz was a vibrant technicolor land, compared to the black and white Kansas prairie. Each land is symbolized by a color. Color tends to make people associate with certain feelings…

The title of the novel I chose to read for my independent novel study is “Dorothy Must Die”. We are guided through this modern twist on the original tale of “Oz” by Amy Gumm. Amy is a tough and independent high school student from a trailer park in Kansas. The story begins at Amy’s school in a poverty filled community in Kansas. She is often bullied by her classmates and when the story begins we see the severity of it. After an altercation with a pregnant girl she is sent home from school…

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Beyonce's “Formation” Primarily, one has to mention that every video released by Beyonce in controversial and unique. Besides, “Formation” is also not the exception as it is lined to the ethnically issue of black individuals as well as personal moral experiences of the singer (Beyonce). Overall, the paper will focus on the significance of Beyonce's “Formation” that is embodied in the details and certain scenes found in the video release. Observation 0:07.…

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”.…

The Wizard of Oz written by Frank Baum uses a lot of color description to allow the reader to picture the location that Dorothy is in. It starts with the gray land, gray sky, gray houses that are all around in Kansas were the story starts. It allows a vision of a storm coming, stormy weather. Dorothy's home is about to be hit by severe storms. When Dorothy wakes up after the cyclone, the skies are bright, patches of green and green banks. She meets men and women in blue and white…

Throughout the movie the Wizard of Oz the Scarecrow would say “if I only had a brain”. However, the Scarecrow didn’t even need a brain; he already had what he wanted. This was shown in multiple scenes of the movie; one being when Dorothy tries to pick apples from the tree. In the movie, the Scarecrow’s smarts are shown by how he gets apples for Dorothy. Dorothy tries to pick apples from a tree and they yell at her and Dorothy is frightened. Next, the scarecrow pulls Dorothy away from the trees…

“The Wizard of Oz” play was about a girl named Dorothy, who goes on a journey with a scarecrow, a tin man, and lion to see the wizard of Oz. On this journey she encounters many people, some friendly and some not. Dorothy and her friends go to see the wizard each for their own purposes, but all had intentions of stopping the Wicked Witch of the West. There are many entertaining scenes in this play. Two of them are the flying monkey scene and when she first arrives in Oz. When Dorothy first…

In Victor Fleming’s film, The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy heavily relies on the advice given to her from the other characters she encounters on her journey back to Kansas. However, not all advice she receives is beneficial or truthful. In many instances, Dorothy is given information from people she trusts, such as the Wizard or Glinda, that is blatantly perfidious. By applying Steven McCornack’s Information Manipulation Theories, we can understand The Wizard of Oz as a description of the purpose of…

versions of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. One of the most famous versions is the one with the ukulele by Israel K. Somewhere Over The Rainbow is a ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz. It was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. The song won the Academy Award for The Best Original Song and became Garland’s signature son. It is also one of the most enduring standards of the 20th century…

The 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, is a classical movie that to many, never gets old. After a massive cyclone in Kansas, Dorothy and her dog (Toto) are swept up and placed in the magical Land of Oz. Wishing to go back home to Kansas, Dorothy journeys on towards Emerald City to meet the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard is said to be magical and will have the ability to send her and her dog back home. On this journey Dorothy meets a Scarecrow, Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion who all wish to…