The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a fictional adventure/fantasy that was written by L. Frank Baum in 1965. L. Frank Baum was born near Chittenango, New York in 1856. Frank grew up with a heart condition so he couldn’t play physically like other children so he developed a creative side, so he decided to write stories. The setting of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was set in with a happy society with some upsetting problems. The story was set in the 1950’s, the story started
In 1939, Victor Fleming made a film version of L. Frank Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” However, both the novel and the film focuses or touches on the same moral, it features the protagonist Dorothy who resides in Kansas the farm, along with her aunt Em and uncle Henry as well as her dog Toto. Both Baum’s novel and Fleming’s 1939 film adaptation the setting is in Kansas which is described as a small farm which Dorothy lives in which in Baum’s novel is picturized as gloomy, grey and dull
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was the first fairytale written in United States. Baum wrote TheWonderful Wizard of Oz during a time in history that was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was the first fairytale written in United States. Baum wrote TheWonderful Wizard of Oz during a time in history that was not known for its social justices. The story focused on the many similarties between Baum's characters and the United States during the 1800's. It is suggested that
Frank L. Baum begins The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Kansas, a land devoid of color and life, to show Dorothy’s dismal world. Her Aunt Em, who had once been a beautiful woman, has become as colorless as the gray and dried vegetation on her farm. When Dorothy is caught in a cyclone, she is transported to a colorful and lively world, but she desperately tries to return to the colorless farm. Inherently Dorothy knows that home is where one’s loved ones live not some beautiful illusion. However, on her
"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them" - Denis Waitley. The condition of the world is up to the common people who live there. In The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the characters change their lives because of their drive and willingness to do what is right. The world is similar to the courage of the characters because the common people have the heart and the brains to change what needs to be changed and to learn
Matthew Boyce History 1302 Land of OZ? L. Frank Baum shared an imaginary tale to the world when she wrote the “The Wonderful Land of Oz”. His passion and reasoning for writing this story was “written solely to pleasure the children of today”. Although not everyone agreed with this reason and thought otherwise. Quentin P. Taylor believed the “The Wonderful land of Oz” was a political symbolism and even thought that it was a populist allegory. Taylor accused the author of this imaginary tale that
The Wizard of Oz is a fiction story written by L. Frank Baum. The story has two main settings. The first setting is, Dorothy’s home, the Kansas prairies. The prairies are described as dry and gray. The second setting is the land of Oz. Oz is opposed from Kansas, it is colorful, bright, and full of joy. The Wizard of Oz has a grate theme or message behind the story. The message is that we all have good qualities in us, but it is up to us to use them. The story starts off when a cyclone that hits the
Everyone will remember the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; lovely Dorothy gets swept away by a terrible tornado, lands in a town full of little munchkins, marches down a yellow brick road and meets a scarecrow, a tin man, and lion, is almost killed by a wicked witch, then finally makes her way back to Kansas by clicking her hills three times saying, “I wish I were home”. But is that really the entire story? Shouldn’t there be more? Well, to answer that question, there is more to this story. It’s
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream and L. Frank Baum's The Wizard Of Oz L. Frank Baum is the author of one of the most magical fairy tales ever brought to our screens. A series of books were written and in 1939 created into a film. It was a masterpiece that was to be one of the biggest films ever made, enjoyed by children and adults all over the world. There are many reasons why this film has the element of magic, one of the reasons I found when researching was that this film
Comparing Frank Baum’s Dorothy Gale of the Oz series and Lewis Carroll’s Alice of Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll’s Alice and Frank Baum’s Dorothy are two of the most well-known and well-loved heroines of all time. At first glance, both Alice and Dorothy appear to be rather accurate renditions of actual little girls who embark on their own adventures in strange and fantastical lands. However, closer scrutiny reveals that only one of these characters is a true portrayal of what a little girl
What About Bob? A 1991 comedy directed by Frank Oz What About Bob is based on a psychiatric patient, Bob Wiley and his new narcissistic psychologist Dr. Leo Marvin. Bob Wiley is a good guy just a little socially awkward and misguided. Bob suffers from multiple phobias; he tells Leo in his introductory interview that he has "problems". He can be quite obsessive compulsive at times, he often worries about catching diseases and has a fear of being out in public as well as having mini anxiety attacks
Computers, tablets, cellphones and all modern tenchnology has decrease our expectations of privacy in this digital age. People don't care anyone for their privacy, they only want the benefits that modern technology has brought to them. In the essay, “Privacy is Overrated” by David Plotz (2003), argues that it is sometimes good to be open and not be bother by privacy. In Jack Shafer's (2010) essay, “The Invasion of the Cookie Monster” he argues that we are the ones to be blame for the lost of our
Experimental Variables In order to have a successful, reliable experiment you need sufficient data and evidence, reliable research, variables to test and a follow – up experiment. There are several types of variables you need to do an experiment. An independent variable is the manipulated experimental factor that is changed to see what the effects are. A dependent variable is the outcome. This factor can change in an experiment in reaction to the changes in the independent variable. An experimental
What about Bob? is a movie about a man named Bob who suffers from anxiety. Bob struggles greatly with his disorder, which causes him to panic every time he leaves his apartment in New York City. Along with anxiety, Bob has an extreme fear of germs known as Mysophobia and this fear translates into a fear of disease as well. Bob has many problems with his life and he sees psychiatrists for help. The movie hints that Bob has seen many psychiatrists over the course of his lifetime. His current psychiatrist
What About Bob was a great comedic movie of a dysfunctional and inappropriate patient-psychiatrist relationship. The movie included a large chain of events having one thing leading to another. Bob Wiley, the main character, is a patient of Dr. Leo Marvin. Bob has many phobias and disorders that cause him to constantly need an uptight Dr. Marvin. The movie starts out with another psychiatrist on the phone with Dr. Marvin to hand over his patient, Bob. After the deed was done, Dr. Marvin’s colleague
I think This is one of my best essay because I feel I got more creative with this one. I feel this topic was a fun essay to wight. I got more outside of my comfort zone. “There's only one Person that can fly and cook. That one person is Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is 6’6” he is bald, he has a mustache, he is African American, and he loves basketball.” It was easier to come up with a hook on this essay also. Cooking with Cookie Monster and Swedish Chef There's only one Person that can fly
to character or a location in creative media in order to inform us of their nature. Such as how Scar from "The Lion King" has a black mane and a darker color scheme in comparison to the other lions to show that he's the villain. In "The Wizard of Oz" Frank Baum makes use of color throughout the story for theming. We start off with Dorothy living with her gray aunt and uncle in a gray house on a gray plain. The gray color scheming only adds to show how bleak and lifeless it is there with no people
Behind the Curtain of Common Core In L. Frank Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her friends embark on a journey to the castle of the Wizard, who rules over Emerald City. They reach the hall of the Wizard, and the creature which they discover is intimidating and authoritative; however, Toto the dog eventually spots an inconspicuous curtain in the corner of the room. Upon pulling back the dark cloth, the group discovers that the Wizard of Oz is not the magnificent, omniscient being
Highlighting the theme of conflicting perspectives throughout Geoffrey Robertson's, 'The Trials Of Oz,' in particular his essays, The Romans in Britain and The Trials of Oz, is the bias nature of Geoffrey Robertson as he attempts to adopt his view of events, personalities and situations, to convince the reader on the validity of his argument. A perspective is a point of view, and a conflicting perspective is where two point of views clash. Similarly to this, is Jason Reitman's film'Thank You For
Film Critique of The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is a film created by MGM Studios in 1939, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Frank Morgan as the Wizard and Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West. The Wizard of Oz is commonly known as the classic film of American cinema and is loved by many people. It can be classified as a Family, Fantasy, Musical film due to the touching messages told throughout the film, the magical special effects featuredn and