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In the popular children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, populism can be seen more often than not. Baum cleverly displays this through all of his characters. Each is symbolic to his everyday life, as well as to other common people’s lives that have had similar experiences, or can relate in any way to the author. For instance, Dorothy represents an adolescent’s innocence, Toto represents virtuousness, the Scarecrow represents the hard working farmers, the Tinman…

the fire that was slowly dying, and noticed mom was searching for something. “Aha,”she exclaimed. In her hand there were two DVD cases, labeled: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” directed by Frank Capra, and “A Christmas Carol,” written by Charles Dickens. She placed a disc in the DVD player and nestles in a blanket beside him. In the story “It’s a Wonderful Life,” there is a well-known man who goes by the name George Bailey. He is kind, sweet and tries to help others to the best of his ability, but in…

The Populist Movement was the historical event that became the subject of L. Frank Baum 's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Several characters and objects in the story represent different people or elements that played a critical role in the Populist Movement. The Cowardly Lion specifically represented William Jennings Bryan. Bryan was the United States Secretary of State, member of the House of Representatives, and three-time Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He earned the…

the movie, but did you know there were other versions of “Cinderella”? In fact, there are hundreds of different versions of the “Cinderella” story, but right now we are going to focus on two different ones, “Aschenputtel” and “The Wonderful Birch”. The story “The Wonderful Birch” comes from Russia and the story “Aschenputtel” comes from Germany, but even though these stories come from different places they still have similarities along with differences. The Archetype chosen for both stories is…

your future. “It`s a Wonderful Life”, displays that anyone can impact your life and you can impact their`s as well whether good or bad through by showing us how George Bailey impacted the lives of the people who lived in Bedford Falls when he took over his dad`s bank business, caring about the people and not taking advantage of them. It was also shown that Mary impacted his life by giving him her love and support as well as four children. Throughout the movie “It`s a Wonderful Life”, it…

The saxophone is a wonderful instrument. As a member of the reed and woodwind family of instruments it is usually compared to the clarinet or flute. As an instrument that could reach four octaves, there is much you can play and plenty of room for experimentation. Saxophones are normally made of brass to create their colorful, characteristic sound, but some, in the past have been made of copper, silver, bronze, and even plastic. There are four main saxophones that are commonly used which are…

One possible reason is what Gould described in his essay “Wonderful Life”, an idea that he called contingency. He reasons that sometimes the development of these odd traits occur by chance, and in the case of the tardigrade, are the reason for their survival. Gould states in his essay “We are the offspring of history…

Although it might be hard to see at first, these two POM Wonderful advertisements are actually fairly similar. These two different advertisements actually use some of the same strategies to attract the reader's attention and get the consumer interested in their product even though they are of a different medium. The first advertisement uses a printed image that shows simple colors and a strong message to encourage people to buy their product because it gives them antioxidants; however, the…

Philip Van Doren Stern. He sent his story on the back of Christmas cards, however with the help of publishers it was on the back of newspapers. It was made into the present day holiday phenomenon known as It’s A Wonderful Life. The story, “ The Greatest Gift” and the movie, It’s A Wonderful Life share many similarities and differences in plot and theme. Plot refers to the sequence of events in a story. The story and movie are similar in their conflict, climax, and resolutions. The…

It’s a Wonderful Life is a well-known uplifting holiday classic that is impactful both in its emotional depth and traditional cinema excellence. Filmed and released in 1946, it is a black and white film that has meaningful themes on the importance of life, and the impact one individual can have on the world. Directed by Frank Capra, it is a critically-acclaimed film that won five Academy Awards, and has often been regarded as one of the best films of all time. It’s a Wonderful Life follows…