After reading the Wizard of Oz, I have found quite a lot of themes from the book. Here are the themes I am going to be mainly focusing on: 1) There is no place like home During a tornado in Kansas, Dorothy (the main character) gets transported into a completely different world from Kansas. The minute she arrives to the Land of the Munchkins, she doesn’t decide to socialize with others but on the other hand, she asks how she can get home. Even though the Emerald City and the Munchkin Country was

Dorothy becomes very fond of Oz, but knows it is not where she belongs. While attempting to find her way home, Dorothy is greeted by the beautiful and elegant Glinda. Dorothy, however, is again deceived. Glinda tends to relish a bit too much over the death of the Wicked Witch of the East, calling for celebrations and then goading the witch’s sister. There is also the fact that Glinda knows the ruby slippers will send Dorothy home, yet chooses to hide this fact

Unit II Assignment Kathy Zhu Dr.Friedman US History Oct 5 “The Wizard of Oz” is a Fairy tales which written by Lyman Frank Baum, a writer from New York State. Dorothy was a little girl who lived in Kansas with her uncle, Henry and her aunt, Em. Dorothy had a dog named Toto. They lived in a small house which has a small hole that was dug to the ground called a cyclone cellar. The reason why they had the small hole is because when the shirlwind come, they can have a place

The Trouble In Oz Eleanor Thorp The book, Wizard of Oz, demonstrates the struggles and parallels with populism in the late 19th century. However, the 1941 movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” creates a fantasy that many audiences enjoy, but does not connect the movie to the story’s intended allegories, such as the color of Dorothy’s shoes, portrayal of representing characters, and the yellow brick road. In Baum’s book, Dorothy’s shoes were silver (representing the push for silver from Jennings in

At the beginning of the novel, Dorothy is displeased with her domestic and mundane life and strongly wishes for adventure. Without warning, she arrives in an unusual land of Oz, alone. Despite this, Dorothy courageously seeks out the wizard and for the most part, trusts the advice given to her by the witches, all women. Contesting the “damsel-in-distress” archetype, she relies on her own powers and resources and does not depend on the authority of others. Unlike most stories where a female’s development

declaration of Independence and the constitution. But, buried deep in the cockles rests a pop culture icon that represents early Hollywood, and the last 100 years in American culture. That item would be the Ruby Slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (Fleming,1939). The film is almost a rite of passage in our society, and those shoes to many of us represent that times in our lives, mostly when we were young, when we first feared for the twister, wanted to get smarter with Scarecrow, got lessons

Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a modern children novel, written in 1900. It educates young readers for the political (but not only) events in America in the 1890s. It metaphorically reflects on the collapse of the Populist movement. The novel teaches teenagers progressive and regressive political lessons. Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, cowardly Lion - are four companions on the road to their dreams. Every character has his specific dream, relying on his own needs. However, their

The Colors of Oz Countries play a major role in the in the novel, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The colors symbolize the different countries of Oz & how they are related. The Blue of the East Munchkin Country, The Green of the Emerald City and the Yellow of the West Winkie Country. Silver plays a Major role to protect Dorothy on the journey to visit the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy 's journey begins in a Kansas cyclone and her house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East and kills her. The girl finds