L. Frank Baum Essays

"The Wizard of Oz" was written by L. Frank Baum. In the story we meet Dorothy and travel with her from landing in Oz, traveling to Emerald city, and her return home. When a tornado lifts Dorothy's house in Kansas, she's trapped in it. She finds herself in the land of Oz. Her house landed on and killed the The Wicked Witch of the East. The Munchkins, slaves of The Wicked Witch of the East, told Dorothy to put on the witch's sliver shoes. The good Witch of the North tells Dorothy to go the Emerald

Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum published in 1900, the story of Dorothy and her friends the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion captured the public's imagination. Ever since the publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that's seen to be immensely popular and one of America's favorite pieces literature. Children like it is a story full of fun characters and exciting adventures. Especially liked because many can read between L. Frank Baum's lines and see various images of the United

My topic for the statement of intent based on the book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum strongly revolves around the blinded and self-demeaning views shown throughout the book. I have chosen this topic because it is what I am struggling with. I do not believe in myself or what I am able to do and seeing this in the story helps me realize that I am not as dumb as I always seen myself as, as long as I apply and believe in myself. The message that is standing out in the book would be how

Many books have irony, but no book utilizes it more than L. Frank Baum in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some of these numerous ironic things include, Scarecrow having no brain but solves most of the problems. Tin Woodman has no heart, yet he still feels emotions. Cowardly Lion says he has no courage, but he is incredibly courageous when he needs to. In the book, these supporting characters encounter their ironic internal conflicts along their journey through Oz. Scarecrow has no brain but manages

The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is a great American classic when it comes to literature. Throughout the story we see many themes, paradoxes, and lessons taught. However, I agree with Anthony Horowitz, a author of the article L Frank Baum : the real Wizard of Oz, about this story. I believe that The Wizard of Oz is not relevant to today. I believe this because the story doesn’t apply to today’s standard, and the book and its ideas are old. The Wizard of Oz is a great book but I just don’t believe

demonstrate wisdom everyday without even knowing. For instance, when ever someone has a question or needs help from someone, the person that responds very well shows wisdom. Like the real world of humans and animals, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy shows love and the Scarecrow show wisdom, because they both wanted to get to The Great Oz and to help Dorothy get home to Kansas. Dorothy showed love because she was at back home in Kansas, she was about to leave the Emerald City, and

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. He helped

Upon its release in 1939, The Wizard of Oz became an instant classic and fueled the imagination of anyone who watched. Based on the novels written by L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz tells the story of Dorothy, a young farm girl from Kansas, who gets swept away from her family’s farm by a tornado and ends up in the mysterious Land of Oz. There, she meets strange new friends who accompany her on a mission to find the Wizard, who is her only hope at getting back home (Wizard). The Wizard of Oz has had

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

L. Frank Baum described his novel, The Wizard of Oz, as a modernized fairy tale. It is a story that expresses the theme of finding belonging and identity through a set of journeys and adversity. While with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry farm in Kansas a tornado sends the farmhouse with Dorothy and Toto hiding inside to the wonderful Land of Oz Upon landed in Oz, Dorothy kills the Wicked Witch of the East with her house, freeing the blue Munchkins, but the Munchkins or the Wicked Witch of the North could

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children’s book written by L. Frank Baum and published by George M. Hill Company on May 17, 1900. The book was the first of its kind causing the first addition of the novel to be reprinted 90,000 times in the first 5 months of publishing. Although the novel is a children’s book, it has an adult factor to it. Historians and economists conclude that the novel is based on political symbolism of the late 19th century and early 20th century (SharePoint). The Wonderful

The road of yellow brick is an element in the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, with additional such roads appearing in The Marvelous Land of Oz and The Patchwork Girl of Oz. The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, based on the novel, gave it the name by which it is better known, the Yellow Brick RoadFlowrate is also a very important measurement as in many modern processes; the flowrate is necessary to calculate many important factors. Because of this it is vital that an accurate and precise

Frank L. Baum used various colors through out his novel. These colors were used to describe different people, places and things. The colors were symbolic of those things. They symbolized how the world was during his time. I will be talking about 3 of them. The color black, white, and green. The first color I would like to discuss is black. Black is defined as the color that has no light. It can be portrayed as evil, wicked, harmful. When I think of these things. I think of the wicked witch of the

Introduction Fairy Tales are stories that have generally been adopted today for children. They can be seen as an escape from our ordinary world into a world of fantasy and adventure. The Brothers Grimm were two German brothers who studied and wrote literature and stories that can be recognized by almost anyone today. Stories like Cinderella and sleeping beauty are all stories that originated from the Brothers Grimm. Fairy tales such as these involve a magical, or chivalrous setting. Kings, princes

The theme of the story is that three non-human things are trying to get human traits. The situational irony in this story is that they never met the Wizard of Oz, This makes the reader think the wizard will solve their problems, but in the end they figured them out themselves. Dorthy, Tin Man, Lion, and the Scarecrow all went on a journey to find the great Wizard of Oz and on their journey there were many difficulties along the way. One of the characters in the story is the Lion, and he's a coward

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

Land of Oz," is that “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum, was a symbolic story about the populist movement and many other things sweeping the Midwest in the 1890’s by using animation and the children audience, Quentin P. Taylor believed that Frank Baum used the story to cover up what he was actually writing about. The author gives countless evidence to support the thesis that he provided from different resources. Taylor also mentions that Frank M. Littlefield drew on Baum’s experience before he

In a candid demonstration of inventive grant, Henry M. Littlefield connected the characters and the story line of the Oz story to the political scene of the Mauve Decade. Baum's children's story was a "parable on populism," a "vibrant and ironic portrait" of America on the eve of the new century. In the book form of Oz, Dorothy treads the Yellow Brick Road in silver shoes, not in ruby shoes. A key board in the Populist stage was an interest "with the expectation of free silver" - that is, the "free

In the novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” the colors are used to bring meaning to the various aspects of the story. Initially when Dorothy is in Kansas at her Aunt and Uncles farm everything is presented in muted colors, like gray and dreary. This coloring also serves as a symbol for the life that Dorothy lived in Kansas. It was a boring life, simple and there wasn’t much to smile about. After the cyclone she finds herself and her dog Toto in the Land of the Munchkins, where blue is the primary

In The Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man wants a heart, but in reality, he already has what he wants. As the Wizard says, “Back where I come from, there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. They are called phila-, er, er, philanth-er, good-deed doers! And their hearts are no bigger than yours.” The Tin Man does not need a heart to be a kind, generous, and compassionate person. He is already kind, generous, and compassionate. This is shown when Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and him meet the Cowardly Lion