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“We’re not in Kansas anymore” (Fleming). This famous quote from The Wizard of Oz is easily recognizable from people who have not even seen the movie before. The movie is often seen as an innocent story of a young girl Dorothy who goes on an adventure, meets plenty of friends on this adventure, and must overcome evil in the form of a wicked witch. However, the movie has a much deeper underlying theme that most people would not know about. Hidden behind the characters and the events in the movie is

How different can two editions of the Wizard of Oz be? Even if they are written by different authors in different times, how much can you change a classic children’s book? I was hoping when I began this that I would be able to see significant changes in the story, but you have to look pretty closely to see the variations within Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and Wizard of Oz retold by William Furstenburg. The main reason that Furstenburg changed details from Baum’s original story is because Furstenburg’s

The Wizard of Oz is a MGM blockbuster based on the novel written by L. Frank Baum. The film was directed by Victor Fleming and George Cukor, and released in 1939. The cinematographer responsible for this classic film is Harold Rosson. The main characters included, Dorthy, played by Judy Garland. The Scarecrow, played by Ray Bolger. The Tin Man, played by Jack Haley. And the Cowardly Lion, played by Bert Lahr. This fantasy film was was as much of a hit during its release, as it is now, 75 years later

The Wizard of Oz is a visionary classic, weather it be the book or the movie. The conflict can be a plethora of different things but the most important the major conflict is person vs. self. This conflict and deep meaning is what makes it a classic. It’s a battle between dorothy and herself, she has to find out where she belongs and where her home really is. The first example of this is the song over the rainbow, not only is it a major song in the movie that holds lots of symbolism but it also is

Assignment 1 – Narrative Report Story and Plot In a narrative film, a plot is considered all visible and audible elements present in a film, in essence the film in its entirety including nondiegetic images. In The Wizard of Oz, the plot begins with Dorothy (Judy Garland), a young farm girl from Kansas who dreams of escaping to ‘somewhere over the rainbow’ without troubles and torment for her dog Toto from a horrible neighbour Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). During a tornado she is hit on the head

Lessons in A Wizard of Earthsea A Wizard of Earthsea is a heroic, fantasy young adult novel which is written by an American author Ursula K. Le Guin. As majority of adults like adventures, reading this book will get them into the world of imagination and magic. Using a beautiful and articulate language, A Wizard of Earthsea in a unique way attracts people toward a magic and wizardry world; in a world that the basic action of doing a magic is understanding and finding true names of objects which

In the summer of 1939, the magical movie The Wizard of Oz was released from Hollywood. The movie was remarkably popular at the time, and many impoverished Americans of the Great Depression forked out precious change to see it in theater. Perhaps, the movie’s immense popularity was due to its release at the time of the Great Depression, to viewers who were desperate for hope and empathy. Therefore, the Wizard of Oz’s popularity should be attributed to its representation of: common Americans in movies

In the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" color plays a massive role on how the reader feels. Color is used to show how what kind of person a character is. It is also used to create a mood based on the setting. In the beginning of the novel L. frank Baum uses gray to show the reader how boring and desolate that Kansas is. But as the story goes on the cities in oz becomes vibrant. The land of the Munchkins is vibrant and multicolored, but mostly blue. This conveys a feeling of excitement

In the Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, the main character Dorothy has a lesson that she must learn even if she doesn’t realize that she is learning it along the way. To help her learn this lesson Glenda the Good Witch sends her on a journey down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. Along this road Dorothy meets three characters who accompany her on her adventure. These three friends of hers are the “brainless” Mr. Scarecrow, the “heartless” Tin Man and the “cowardly” Lion. Although she might

Wonderful Wizard Of Oz” color plays a big role in this novel that helps the reader visualize and understand what the characters are going through from their mood to their appearance the role of color plays a huge part in the novel and symbolizes many things such as Dorothy's appearance the group meeting Glinda the good witch all of these clearly show how much color impacts the novel by giving the reader a better visualize throughout the story. Firstly the color in L.Frank Baum “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz”