Dorothy did not take on this dangerous journey alone. Throughout the story, her group of companions helped her through many obstacles and tests. Every time they got into a difficult situation, like when the Wicked Witch of the West kidnapped Dorothy, they always managed to find a way out together. In Kansas, where Dorothy lived a simple life, she has never faced so many challenges
A statement such as this lets the reader know that August Boatwright wishes that only the best parts of people are revealed. Indeed, when Lily first entered the pink house in Tiburon, South Carolina Lily surprised herself as she immediately confessed to August the truth about her running away. Subsequently. after staying in the house for only a single
Despite just having met her, Dorothy recognizes this kindness and takes her advice to travel to Emerald City, the Land of Oz. Oz, the powerful wizard is said to grant people's wishes; Dorothy’s being getting back to Kansas to her Auntie Em and Uncle. On her way to the powerful Wizard of Oz, she runs into three unique characters: the
Harriet had many risk factors on her shoulders. Everytime she left one place, there was the chance of her not making it back. And on top of all that, she traveled so many
This quote really relates to one of the many important qualities Harriet Tubman had to have to carry out the successful plans she did.
The Wizard of Oz is a musical about a young girl, named Dorothy, who lives on a farm in Kansas. She desperately wants to get away, and decides to run away from home. After she meets a peddler who convinces her to go back home, she ends up going back home to find a “cyclone” heading right for her house. Dorothy, her dog, Toto, and her house
During the movie, Dorothy is sad to leave her new friends behind, but it is Toto her dog that delays her journey home. After realizing that there is a certain safety in Kansas, and that home is always the best place to be, Dorothy begins her departure from the Emerald City, famously clicking together her ruby slippers and saying “There’s no place like home, there is no place like home”. It is in this stage of departure that Dorothy realizes where she is meant to be. With the help of Glinda the Good Witch, Dorothy returns to Kansas she is surrounded by people she loves, she learns from her adventure to the Emerald City and Munchkinland that the best place for her is at home, even if she doesn’t realize
“The home is where the heart is”-Pliny the Elder. Perry Patetic in his passage claims that it is too easy to move away, the public lacks the close supportive relationships that the former generation enjoyed. The author supports his position by first illustrating that our “fast-moving society” makes it too easy to flee from family, close friends, and the “places of the past”; he continues by sharing with us some examples of the disadvantages.
Instead of staying safe, she left to rescue family and non-family. This was a huge risk because the reward for her was a HUGE amount. She didn’t let that bother her as it did with her brothers. She believed that every slave should be free and equal so she made many more trips to rescue people. But then the law made it slightly more difficult for Harriet.
Harriet had nothing except a small piece of paper with the name and location of a ‘safe house’ she was to find, but she was filled with hope. (Michals) She traveled precariously by night, following the stars; and if there were no stars, she followed the river; and if she could not see the river, she would listen for it as she navigated the darkness. She successfully found the house and was welcomed by anti-slavery supporters who quickly hid her in a wagon and transported her to her next location. Harriet perilously moved from safe house to safe house until she finally crossed the Mason-Dixon line.
After Dorothy wakes up, and as she is helping the Tin Man, the scene once again zooms back out to the Wicked Witch and her crystal, before dissolving back to the group once more as they continue on their
The use of stylistic techniques such as sound, both diegetic and nondiegetic and the way characters act in The Wizard of Oz, showcases the conventions of a musical fantasy. In the scene where Dorothy sang her solo of “Somewhere over the Rainbow” ” is interwoven in the narrative of the film to illustrate and her underlying intention to flee away from home without her having to put it across in words to the audience. The tune of the song is tweaked and reproduced with variances and used throughout the film to highlight pivotal moments in the film, lending familiarity to us, channelling the same kind of hopefulness that Dorothy is feeling. The rhythm of the song also complements the musical film which accentuates the development of the narrative (Study Guide).
In The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming, 1939, specifically during the beginning scene, Dorothy was in sync with the setting. Dorothy was in the proper placement of the props around her, adding to the feelings of her reflecting the place she is in. The background eluded to the idea that she is far away from the golden spherical instrument that 's supposed to hold a globe, on the window sill in the background. There 's also an interesting painting below the window sill, it 's a golden band of boxes; this could be the representation of how Dorothy is gonna get to where she 's going, the yellow brick road. However, the crystal ball seems to be the most prominent part of the scene, the contrast of Dorothy 's position enhanced the feeling to the viewer that Dorothy is scared and alone.
She felt “light and good in the warm sun” (L8). To her young and inexperienced mind, “nothing existed for her but her song,” (L8) which just goes to show how oblivious and careless she is to her surroundings and worlds greater than her own. On the contrary, as she made her way a “mile or more from home,” (L23) she began to hit a turning point. The comfortable world at which she knew is now cracked open and unguarded.
The death of the Wicked Witch of the East made her a national hero of the Munchkins. Baum characterizes Dorothy as a strong female character. She displays perseverance and independence in order to reach her goal, to go back to Kansas. Considering her young age, it is expected from her to feel disoriented and vulnerable, however she finds solutions to her problems and carries them through. At the start of the journey she travels alone with no guidance from a ‘strong’ male character, making her only companion her dog Toto.
