It is family oriented and attracts local consumers by providing an arcade, bowling alley, cinema, laser tag, and sports bar. The actual casino area attracts people from all around. There are numerous slot machines and card tables. There is also a hotel with a large pool area for hotel guests and conference area for business meetings. Even though it lacks the traditional cultural and historical aspects of the Choctaw Nation, it changes local life and entertainment in rural southeast Oklahoma.
When you watch a movie it’s almost as if you already know what will occur in the movie, including will the main character succeed in their main job? Meaning, many movies that are produced are very predictable, because of one major reason. They seem to follow the concept of the hero’s journey. That being said, to explain more in depth of how the hero’s journey does fall in place with many popular movies. There will be an analyzation of one of the most well known movies there is, it’s of course The Wizard of Oz.
Once upon a time, a Grinch had stolen christmas from the town of Whoville. The Grinch stole christmas to make the town suffer, but the Grinch found out maybe he misinterpreted Christmas. The Grinch thought Christmas just meant giving presents to each other and singing songs, so he decided to steal the presents and throw them into the abyss. At dawn the Grinch expects to hear the cries to Whoville, but The Grinch hear singing(Seuss). The Grinch figures out maybe Christmas does not mean just giving presents and feasting, maybe Christmas means spending time with family.
The popular movie The Wizard of Oz was produced in 1939 and was based off the actual book series first written by Frank Baum in 1900. Frank Baum was known to have written the first 14 Wizard of the Oz books while Ruth Plumly Thompson wrote series 16-33. There is a mystery, however on which another author actually wrote the 15th book The Royal Book of Oz, which as Frank Baum as the author on the cover but there was a controversy saying Ruth Thompson actually wrote the book. Mays and a colleague Dr. Jose Binongo have used stylomerty to determine who is the actual author of the 15th book using two forms, blocked-nested factorial design, and nested design. Stylometry is the statistical analysis of variations in literary style between one writer or genre and another.
L. Frank Baum uses three main symbols that create an allegory and represents the political circumstances during the late 19th century. Baum did not intentionally do this, but as you read the novel you will see the connections throughout. During the final years of the 1800s, industrial cities, with all the problems brought on by rapid population growth and lack of infrastructure to support the growth, occupied a special place in U.S. history. For all the problems, the cities promoted a special bond between people and laid the foundation for the multiethnic, multicultural society that we cherish today. During the time of the Industrial Revolution many things affected the farmers, factory workers, and William Jennings Bryan.
What do Harry Potter, Star, and The Wizard of Oz, all have in common? They all follow the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is a popular method of storytelling that has been used around the world for centuries. Joseph Campbell first noticed this in 1949 and put it in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Many famous characters throughout history have followed what he outlined, including Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, which follows what Campbell described in his book.
When Jean Houston, visionary leader and teacher, asked Oprah this question she was referring to "the hero's journey," the concept that has been the ongoing theme in all the greatest stories and myths ever told throughout history. In particular, she was referring to Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, another one of my all time favorite movies. Even as a child I felt that it was so much more than just a children's fairy-tale. I've always felt a deep spiritual message within it, which is why Dorothy's last line in the movie makes me cry - Every single time that I watch it. All the great narratives are basically the same tale.
Most literary stories follow a journey pattern either from childhood to adulthood or ignorance to knowledge. Some stories go into depth and demonstrate a lesson within the voyage. A lesson such as not to give to much power to others over yourself; two works that exemplify this type of less are The Great Gatsby and The Wizard of Oz. Both The Great Gatsby and The Wizard of Oz emphasize a character’s journey from ignorance of the meaning of hope to knowledge of the dangers of empowering others over yourself.
Remember the scene in “The Wizard of Oz” when Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, asks Dorothy if she is a good witch or a bad witch? It’s right after Dorothy’s house lands in Oz, killing the Wicked Witch of the East in the process. Dorothy proclaims that she’s not a witch at all, but it turns out she has much more power than she realizes. Enough to defeat the Wicked Witch of the West and return home to Kansas.
The Wicked Witches of Oz correspond to the major corporations during the election of 1896. The Wicked Witch of the East is the ruler of the eastern land of Oz. She is the equivalent to the real worlds banks. Because of her wickedness a house was dropped on her leaving “her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood.” (Baum).
Julius Carrizales Professor Bausinger 2/5/23 English 1302 Dorothy’s Rebellion Rebellion, mutiny, and revolt, of these words written, none hold any power unless an event is tied down to it. The Wizard of Oz follows Dorothy in the new strange land in order to find her way home, but is there more to this story? Lost and afraid, Dorothy is the first to go off these rules and change the land of Oz for the better. The very first thing she does is slay the Wicked Witch of the East who had been terrorizing the munchkins to no avail from other witches such as the just as powerful Good Witch of the South Glenda or the Wizard himself of Emerald City. The first thing Dorothy does is offset the rails of Oz and start a course for change.
Genre theory is a break down of different types of films. It is a recipe that is put together to make it a whole. When you break down the type or category of your film, that will become a formula for your character types/conventions, settings, and visual imagery, which is called iconography (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014). When this is used, it will help the viewers to understand the prediction of the movie they are watching. A lot of genres falls alongside with sub-genres, which have a more defined formula.
The cinematic language that we hear in modern day movies would not be as it is today if we hadn 't had synchronous sound recordings from the beginning of film. Cinematic Language is the systematic method by which movies communicate with the viewer. Some examples of cinematic language are, Mise-en-scène, camera angles, the use of long takes, & depth of field. Barthes theory of Expressionism, the use of lighting techniques, montage and elaborate props push to make The Wizard of Oz appear to be a spectacle of realism.
To many, The Wizard of Oz serves as a fairytale with the sole purpose of bringing joy to the reader. To others, however, the story weaves subtle, yet deep political themes in its pages. Debated for many years, some literary experts insist there are influences of Populism and what they fought for. They see influences of the fight for the silver standard, the roads paved of gold in America, criticisms of industrialization, racial commentary, class differences, and feminism among many other important themes. While there are many compelling arguments for each side; deeming the Wizard of Oz a true Populist parable may be far-fetched.
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