Wizard Essays

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 tin man is wanting a heart and the cowardly lion wants courage. During the Westward

Michael Mangal 10/27/14 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a fictional adventure novel that was written by L. Frank Baum in 1902. This novel is about a young girl named Dorothy who was trying to find her way back home to Kansas after ending up in the World of Oz. However this girl’s journey was much more than a fantastical adventure, but symbolism for the Populist Party of this time period. The story is said to represents political and social issues during the 1890’s. Dorothy was meant to represent

OZ IS NOT A FAIRY TALE Janice Bi Bloc 7 US HISTORY Dr. Friedman The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a book most readers will regard as a children story reading book as The New York Times announced like that this last story of The Wizard is ingeniously woven out of commonplace material. It is of course an extravaganza, but will surely be found to appeal strongly to child readers as well as to the younger children, to whom it will be read by mothers or those having charge of the entertaining

The Wizard of Oz is a fantasy book where a girl named Dorothy experiences an unexpected adventure in her life. This book takes place in Kansas and the Land Of Oz where all the adventure starts. As a tornado strikes Kansas (the place where Dorothy lives along with her aunt and uncle), Dorothy, her dog, and their house all blow away as their house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East in the Munchkin Country, as it kills her. Not knowing in which world she is in, Dorothy only has one wish: going back

Dorothy Gale is a 12-year-old fictional character played by Judy Garland in the screen production of The Wizard of Oz in 1939. Dorothy is the protagonist in the novel and on screen and is most recognized character in The Wizard of Oz series. Dorothy and her small pet dog Toto reside in a one-room farmhouse in Kansas with her Uncle Henry and Aunty Em. In the film, Dorothy is a very sweet, adventurous, and kindhearted girl who loves her family, friends, and pet dog. She has dark brown and red hair

The wizard of Oz tells the tale of an orphaned teenager named Dorothy. After a horrible encounter with her neighbor Miss Gulch, who tortures her dog, Dorothy begins to dream of life what her life might be like over the rainbow. Miss Gulch displeased with how the situation turned out, showed up with an order the following day to take Toto to the sheriff and kill him. However, Toto escapes from Miss Gulch’s confinement and returns to Dorothy where the two decide to run away from home without Miss Gulch’s

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

Quentin P. Taylor’s primary thesis in his article, "Money and Politics in the 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

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

In L. Frank Baum uses colors throughout the novel The Wizard Of Oz to allegorize. Dorothy interacts with regions and characters with intentional The roles of the colors is to portray individual themes. The colors yellow, green, grey and blue represent counsel, pride, reality and friendship respectively. The color yellow or gold is used to resemble guidance and counsel. Dorothy in the beginning of her travels is instructed to follow the yellow brick road to get her greatest desire. The yellow brick

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

The Wizard is sought out on the belief that he can provide the Tin Man with a heart, the Lion with some courage, the Scarecrow with a brain, and Dorothy with her one-way ticket home, but the man who can seemingly give anyone anything turns out to just be the

when they are adults. In A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin the main character within the story Ged, learns some valuable lessons which help him grow to become a better individual and wizard. In A Wizard of Earthsea the character undergoes a realization that society does not treat everyone equally, that not every individual has the same opportunity and equality that they should have. In the Story Ged learns that he must be perceived as a powerful, mature wizard and not the child that he is

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

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

The Wizard of Oz has many different characters each unique and searching for something, the thing is they all have what they are looking for. A prime example of this is then Tin Man. All he was looking for was a heart so he could love and feel emotions, however he had them all along he just didn’t know. The first prime example of this is when he starts singing, about if he only had a heart so he could love and be loved. However during this song he shows longing which is an emotion you feel from the

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

L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has symbolism seeping through the pages. From Emerald City, the silver slippers, and the Wizard himself this story is much more than just a children's book. {{As the last sentence of your introduction, you need to address the prompt directly. This is a thesis. The thesis states your overall position on the prompt.}} {{Include a topic sentence and a transition statement.}}Color has a lot to play in any book. It can represent the tangible and the intangible

The Wizard of Oz Response In the classic film "The Wizard of Oz," directed by Victor Fleming, they use various literary devices to develop the role kindness plays when determining one's destiny. As portrayed by the character of Dorothy and her compassionate interactions with others, this movie displays how kindness will sooner get you to your end goal. Before Dorthy's transformation, she was just a young girl, living a small life in Kansas. She shows us that she has a belief she should be somewhere

I. Title The Wizard of Oz II. Playwright Frank Baum (Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919), better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly known for his children 's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.) III. Theme The theme of The Wizard Oz is MUSICAL and it’s all about Separation of the Family. IV. Message of the Play. The story of The Wizard of Oz wants us to teach to face your fears and about realizing that what you seek is often