This Land Is Your Land

it as just another movie meant to entertain families. However, very few actually understand the political concept and symbolism behind the characters of the story. Every character in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz has a political symbolic meaning. “In this reading – snappily entitled a ‘parable on Populism’ – the Yellow Brick Road represents the gold standard, and the Wicked Witch of the…

It is dark. All around it is pitch black and the only thing to be heard is labored breathing. There is something out there. Suddenly, a noise startles you and you jump six feet in the air. MONSTERS! They’ve caught your scent and you take off running once again. Monsters like mummies, werewolves and ghosts have had cultures and peoples running scared for decades. More recently, one monster in particular has frightened individuals in ways the ‘classic’ monsters could only dream of. Zombies, the…

the color green. The color schemes played a very important part in the story of The Wizard of Oz. Baum utilized the colors to describe the characters, and to help the readers understand better. Although the Munchkins wore the color blue, this symbolizes the Land of the Munchkins. Their houses were blue and everything else was blue too. They were small, short animals who did whatever they were told to do by the wicked witch of the East, who had died from Dorothy house which had fallen on…

that she gives us the slang meaning of the word by quoting Robert Farris Thompson "the concept of cool in many African-derived cultures is a metaphor for the aesthetic and moral value of remaining composed under pressure." (McAlister,458). She uses this perceived notion later in the article to help highlight her argument. She then lays down the framework of her article by giving us what she will be discussing. To help the reader transition to the main points of her article McAlister gives a…

details and certain scenes found in the video release. Observation 0:07. Beyonce is sitting on the roof of the police car of New Orleans in the lake; then one may see the streets of this city and the singer says that she is back; 0:33. Beyonce is dressed in the white corset Givenchy dress with the umbrella in her hand. This…

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”. I was the happiest man alive when I was in…

Numbers – This is the story of the journey into the wilderness. It was written 1444-1406 BC. The author for this was Moses by all accounts. This is a story that shows what happens to the Israelites after they left Egypt and because they were did not believe that God was going to keep his promise to them, they ended up in the wilderness for thirty-eight years. The book is broke down into first and second generations. Moses had twelve spies to go seek out the land Canaan, but when they came back…

the Philistine people tried to conquer them. However, the Lord delivered a victory to David, which allowed him to obtain the Ark of the Covenant from Baale-Judah. When the Israelites went to retrieve the Ark, God struck down Uzzah for touching it. This act made David fearful of God, giving the Ark to the house of Odeb-edom instead of housing it himself. After hearing of all the blessings bestowed on the house of Odeb-edom by God since the Ark of the Covenant had resided there, David decided to…

"THE WALKING DEAD"strolls on the 8th spell! Together they struggle to survive and adapt in a post-apocalyptic world filled with walkers and opposite groups of survivors, and they are often more terrible than the walkers themselves. Phew! Yes, that is "THE WALKING DEAD". The same, developed by Frank Darabont for AMC and named by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, is now stepping into it's 8th season. Seems interesting, right? Definitely yes. If you Walk towards…

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…