In the movie The Wizard of Oz‚ based on the book written by L. Frank Baum‚ the theme is there is no place like home. The theme can be recognized throughout the whole movie and book. First off‚ Dorothy is feeling upset at her home in Kansas because she dog‚ Toto‚ was taken away by a cruel old lady named Ms. Gulch. Leaving Dorothy heartbroken‚ she starts singing about how she hopes of living elsewhere where she has no worries and problems. She is ungrateful of her home and does not comprehend the importance
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Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political‚ economic and social events of America in the 1890s. Scholars have examined four quite different versions of Oz: the novel of 1900‚ the Broadway play of 1901‚the Hollywood film of 1939‚ and the numerous follow-up Oz novels written after 1900 by Baum and others. The political interpretations focus on
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Historical Fragments Ray Huang Dr.Friedman US History 09/06/2014 The movie of The Wizard of Oz obviously missed many historical document‚ seeming much simpler and easier to understand than does the book. The movie conducts a message about friendship‚ adventure‚ and positive spirit to the audience. And a classical topic of the book‚ The Wizard of Oz‚ is fantasy‚ appealing the interest and attention of the kids. Certainly‚ the lost content in the movie is related to
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the Wizard of OZ The Wizard of OZ is an allegory some say‚ written by Frank Baum during the turnoff the 20th Century. There are many people who have made numerous comparisons between the political climate of the time‚ the characters and themes of the book. Initially a children’s novel‚ the book has come to mean so much more for so many more. For this project you will research the Populist movement and compare what you find to the research you complete on the true meaning of the Wizard of OZ. Each
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somehow unfamiliar with the tale‚ here are the Spark Notes: Dorothy is a small-town Kansas girl who dreamed of life somewhere over the rainbow. She gets swept up in a tornado and dropped into a strange yet wonderful land called Oz. How did the author come up with the name Oz anyway? Baum said it came to him one day when he was staring – probably asking that question Ian shared concerning the ending time of class – at a set of filing drawers labeled A-G‚ H-N and O-Z. As a result‚ files O through Z
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In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ the author‚ L. Frank Baum uses colors to symbolize a variety of things. When he wrote his story he probably had a specific plan in regards to what color was going to symbolize what. Colors can be used to symbolize a variety of things like the mood of the story‚ a character’s feelings‚ the temperature in the story‚ or even be symbolic of something in the real world. It would be left up to the reader’s interpretation of the story to see if they were able to uncover what
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The inspiration for L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and the following thirteen Oz books is believed to be about the inability to escape‚ particularly for Baum‚ the inability to escape the rapidly advancing technology during the 20th century. The technologies that are focused on in particular in The Wizard of Oz are those of electricity‚ machines‚ the body‚ and domesticity. The city of Oz is based on the White City‚ Chicago‚ and how both are built around the idea of beauty and stability‚ but cover
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Although adversity may reveal ones fate or fortune; a friend would show his true side in the time to come. In the movie the "Oz: The Great and Powerful" downfall and redemption play a major role in the development of each character. At the beginning of Oz the great and poweful it seems as Oscar is at rock bottem. During Oscars magic show things dont go as expected when a paralized girl asks him to make her walk instead of telling her that he is a illusion a fake he lets her cry and just leaves
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from. There are comedy‚ thriller‚ action‚ romance and suspense movies. There are some movies that always make you cry no matter how many times you see them. There are also some that you can get emotionally attached too as well. “The Wizard of Oz” is a classic movie that I grew up watching over and over again. I love this movie more than words can say. It was one of the first movies I loved as a child. The movie was so colorful and the songs I can remember till this day. I do have
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In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz‚ directed by Victor Fleming‚ Dorothy Gale is in a monochromatic world with her dog Toto‚ which is represented by the sepia tone of the film from the scenes in Kansas. This‚ to her‚ is a monotonous life that she wishes to break away from. When her wishes come true‚ she is whisked way to the vibrant and colorful world of Oz. She eventually is captured by the Wicked Witch of the West and is back in a dull‚ monochromatic castle with minimal vibrant fantasy colors
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