The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

and/or the movie to someone I would say it would have to be someone in eighth grade or above because it would not a good book for anyone below that age to read. Even though there is differences between the two stories does not mean it is not a wonderful message that everyone needs to…

Every week we watch a movie in class about a hero (past films have included The Wizard of Oz and When Harry Met Sally). This week we watched Big, the story about a thirteen-year-old who wishes to be big. He ends up becoming thirty-years-old and begins working for MacMillan Toy Company where he tests toys and falls in love. Starring Tom…

book and wait the three days it took Barnes and Noble to ship it in. In case not everyone knows, being a teenager is weird. One day you see the exact path you want to take and where it will end up; the next day you’re basically Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, thrown into a different universe by a tornado of drama. Let’s just say that my sophomore year was…

The Parisian “Exposition Universelle” of 1889, held to commemorate the storming of the Bastille, mesmerized the world with its artistic and architectural elegance. America, on the other hand, exhibited a humiliatingly lifeless and motley arrangement. Intent on redemption, America, lead by architect Daniel H. Burnham, organized the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, or the World’s Columbian Exposition, to honor the quadricentennial of Columbus’s “discovery” of America. To establish whether the fair led…

The Woman of Wrath Prologue When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in January 2017, many Women’s Marches erupted across the country. These marches consisted of many feminists, including Jude Smith, dressing up and making signs. They march through major cities to make their point. Many people believe that feminist want to be better than men, but that’s not the point. The point is women want to be equal to men. They want equal pay, equal blame, and jobs that aren’t labeled…

announced that my class would be performing The Wizard of Oz. The older children would get the big, fancy roles, and the younger ones like me, would probably be just another munchkin. Still, my seven year old was ecstatic. hen the day came to audition, somehow I decided that I did not want to be just another munchkin. I wanted to be Dorothy! Well, I auditioned and got the part. Imagine getting the lead role. I practiced so much, and sang myself to a wonderful evening. But that was when I was…

hadn’t slept in what seemed like days. That next morning, Bolby woke up with an odd sensation. “Something’s not right,” Bolby thought. He walked into the living space of his home, and sat down to read a book. The book he was reading was “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, by L. Frank Baum. Right then, an abnormal sound had emanated from down the hall and in his room. “What could this possibly be?” wondered Bolby. Bolby had decided to investigate as to what made this sound. He had sworn he had left…

Animism is one of the oldest beliefs created by man from the Paleolithic age (Hefner). Animism is the belief that every object, living or not, has a soul (Hefner). There are differences amongst scientists on the original concept of animism (Hefner). Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, an anthropologist, believed that “spirits or souls caused life to humans” (Hefner). He believes that native people used animism to understand the causes of sleep, dreams, and death (Hefner). Another anthropologist, Robert…

thoughtful dialogue, moving discoveries, and endless adventures, it makes complete sense that the main characters of a novel exist to many as the focus and the heart of the story. Much like the man behind the curtain in the well-known story the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, however, there is a lesser-known yet extremely vital force at play. Weather, in all of its forms, is something that has remained one of the crucial building blocks needed in the process of creating a timeless story. Weather can be…

As children, we read about fairy tales, we get enchanted by fairy tales. When we are kids we really don 't pay much attention to the metaphors and symbolism that are within the stories. One thing we never ever question is the fairy tales are written by adults. How does an adult create this magical out of this world fairy tale 's kids love to hear? Which brings me to my next question do adults ever really grow up? Since adults usually are the masterminds behind this magical fairy tales, I like to…