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    The journey concept contains a number of components. It can be perceived as a process which leads to a conclusion or destination. The journey process is more significant than the destination. William Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’‚ J.M Barrie’s novel Peter Pan and Victor Flemming’s film The Wizard of Oz (1939)‚ all communicate journey concepts. Through analysing the ideas and textual conventions it will become evident that the ‘journey process’ is more important than the destination. Shakespeare

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    The way others view dorothy or michael? The Sydney Pollack movie Tootsie (1982)‚ named one of the top 100 American films by the American Film Institute‚ is a successful attempt to portray the public pressures on the first generation of women trying to get into the workplace en masse by using the intricacies of the image-making industry - the media - that houses our collective prejudices and the distorted collective identities of marginalized groups like the women and minorities. The television

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    Abdulwahab Class: Worshope Date: Basque Cultural Identity 2014 is the 75th anniversary of the classic film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. One of the most important themes and dialog of this film is “there’s no place like home.” The main character‚ Dorothy Gale‚ is magically transported to a different land after a traumatic experience involving a cruel woman and her little dog. While in this new land‚ called Oz‚ her mission is to find a wizard to get her back home. After adventures in this new land

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    The Parker Team Player Survey assesses the results of individuals’ assets to a team providing information on how to make best use of their strengths and develop a plan for addressing their weaknesses. It is important because everyone on a team can identify different styles and be able to accept constructive criticism. This survey also helps identify different styles that may contrast and complement each member of a team. After completing and calculating my score with the Team Player Style Survey

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    ‘The Wiz’ told the classic tale of a young girl named Dorothy‚ who traveled to the Land of Oz and meets three new friends (a Scarecrow‚ Tin Man‚ and Lion). In the end‚ Dorothy returns home to Kansas. While performing in ‘The Wiz’‚ I had an amazing experience portraying the Mean Ole Lion. Although ‘The Wiz’ was a successful show‚ it could have not been a success without the things that made up the show. With things such as the technical side‚ costuming‚ and the props‚ ‘The Wiz’ would not have been

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    and crisp in the cold air” to describe how they look at the new place as. 4. The allusion used in the story is the part where Dorothy falling asleep on the road to Emerald City‚ which is adapted from a well known kids’ book called “Land of Oz.” This allusion is effective because it emphasizes how boring the life in the narrow brown brick houses is by saying that Dorothy falls asleep on a exciting

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    character(s) in such a situation. Name the book title and author. Such an adventure happened to Dorothy in the book‚ The Wizard of Oz‚ by Frank Baum. 3. Present the thesis sentence: why the book is unique: Although there have been similar books‚ this book is unique because who? does what? and where? Although there have been other children’s adventure stories‚ this one is unique because Dorothy helps the Tin Man‚ Scarecrow‚ and Lion find the qualities they seek while traveling with her

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    search was abruptly halted when I came across the memoir‚ The Long Loneliness‚ by Dorothy Day. I could instantly tell that this woman had impeccable morals that I could learn from. So after checking the book out from the library‚ it was almost impossible to put down (I was also running short on time). As I got halfway through the book‚ I had a flashback from High school where we actually learned a little bit about Dorothy Day. This made things really easy to comprehend and provided further clarification

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    identify the characters in Oz as similar to those in Kansas - Stylistic Elements: I.E. the way the camera moves‚ the patterns of colour in the frame and the use of music. • Wizard of Oz: We can recognize the “we’re off to see the Wizard” tune whenever Dorothy picks up a new companion. - We attribute unity to the film by positing 2 organization principals‚ a narrative one and a stylistic one‚ within the larger system of the film - The narrative development can be linked to the stylistic patterning •

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    role throughout the story. The colors represent the region‚ which Dorothy and her friends are in. While following the yellow brick road they cross the blue Munchkins‚ the yellow Winkies‚ and the green Emerald City. Each of the color schemes symbolizes an important region in Dorothy’s journey. While facing many problems and obstacles they manage to get to their ultimate destination which is the Emerald green City. In the story Dorothy must follow the Yellow Brick Road in order to locate the Emerald

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