It’s a scene engraved into the western world’s collective memory: a pigtailed girl in red slippers, skipping along a yellow brick road with a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion. This image, from the book “The Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film of the same name, represents the epic of the modern age. Whereas in ancient times, we had Gilgamesh or King Arthur as our gallant hero, now we have a little girl from a farm in Kansas. At first glance, this simple story of a young girl lost in a magic land could not compete with the great tales of old. However, this epic shares more than a few similarities with this seemingly childish
The Scarecrow starts talking to Dorothy explaining how he wanted brains. At last Dorthy allowed the Scarecrow to join
Along the journey through Oz, Dorothy shows compassion when she allows the Scarecrow to accompany her in her odyssey. When there is a fork in the road, Dorothy wonders
History & English The Wizard of Oz Reflecting the political circumstances in America during the late 19th century, The Wizard of Oz, functions as a monetary and political allegory. Woven throughout the story, populism, the belief that regular people rather than political insiders have control over their government, and the bimetallic standard, a monetary system composed of gold or silver, are prominent themes. In The Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion represent the difficulties facing many Americans during the Populist Era. Symbolizing farmers´ issues, the Scarecrow, dressed in overalls, a straw hat, and plaid shirt holding a pitchfork searches for a brain.
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
Scarecrow is a character foil of Dorothy because he is intelligent. Scarecrow demonstrates his intelligence in The Wizard of Oz, when he told Dorothy to tease the apple
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
The movie Wizard of Oz is about a girl named Dorothy and her dog, Toto, get taken away in a tornado in Kansas. Dorothy goes on a trail called the Yellow Brick Road in Emerald City to meet a wizard and along the way she picks up a few friends. All of the character in the story are traveling along this Yellow Brick Road to find something for themselves. Dorothy wants to go back to Kansas. The scarecrow needs a brain.
The Scarecrow’s real world counterpart are the farmers. While Dorothy and the Scarecrow are walking through the forest the yellow brick road was uneven and broken at times. Because the scarecrow had no brains he kept of falling over but, “it never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again,” (Baum). This compares to the farmers in the real world. While many people thought that they were dumb (or that they had no brains), others believed that they were smart.
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 is her dog Toto.
I chose this book because when I was younger it was my favorite movie. The most important characters are Dorothy, The Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow , and the Cowardly Lion. Dorothy is a young teenager who loves her dog, Toto, and has an urge for adventure. But one day, a cyclone strikes her house and carries it above a desert and to a magical land called Oz.
Is the “American Dream” more of an illusion than reality? This question has been on the minds of many who have reassessed the illusive American Dream claim. Although many may have achieved success in the United States through one way or another, this does not inherently mean that Uncle Sam himself has made this possible. This is far from the true reality of the “American Dream.” And now, connecting the possibility of success in the US through the “American Dream” to the famous novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”, could this novel’s reality of the “American Dream” be similar to today’s ideals of the American Dream?
The character who already had what it wanted in “The Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum was the character “Scarecrow”. While Dorothy was on her mission to get to Emerald City to ask the wizard if he could get her back to her home in Kansas, she meet the scarecrow. The scarecrow wanted a brain instead of straw in his head. Dorothy offered to have him come with her to Emerald City so he could ask the wizard for a brain. The scarecrow was very good with directions and he knew a lot of things.
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.
My hero is someone I am grateful for, a friend that looks out for me. They aren’t angels, they’re not gods, or deities. They’re human, and they mean the world to me. They’re my definition of a hero, they’re humble, willing to change for the better, and they are understanding. Whenever I talk to my friend about my hardships or what’s going on in my life it feels like all the pain drains from me.
