In L. Frank Baum’s second Oz novel, The Marvelous Land of Oz, he includes a prominent philosophical theme of feminism. During his novel, conflicts arise among powerful male figures, such as the Scarecrow King, and oppressed females, including those in General Jurjur’s Army, that demonstrate the inequality between the two genders. However, Baum’s incorporation of a strong sense of feminism is present to illustrate independent females longing for the establishment of an equal status quo in society
the window, if I am recalling correctly, broke off and hit her in the head, causing her to fall down and witness flying animals, as well as family members, outside her window. The Land of Oz and Dorothy 's time there, is all real in the book, not just an elaborate dream caused from unconsciousness. According to Baum, Oz is just an undiscovered continent that is hidden and surrounded by a harsh desert. One major difference is the shoe color. The ruby red slippers were referred to as being silver in
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
L. Frank Baum uses many colors throughout the novel The wizard of Oz, colors have a role and are symbolic in the novel. Glinda the good witch is symbolized as the United States.The land of Oz is divided into colors and regions. There is a symbolic representation of money used the the novel. Dorthory's home in Kanas is symbolic by the color grey symboling oldness. The colors of the wicked witches are also symbolic. Color is used in the novel to symbolize different things. First, in the
The Wizard of Oz The book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a well written children's story from the year 1900. The story is about a young girl and her dog who are swept away from their farm in Kansas by a cyclone. They then arrive in the magical land of Oz. The author goes on to tell the story of Dorothy’s adventures and the struggles she has along the way. It teaches the reader the struggles in life and the challenges we may face. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Frank baum shows the wickedness of
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 film directed by Victor Fleming, which follows Dorothy Gale on her journey through the magical land of Oz. Dorothy is swept away from a farm in Kansas to the land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return to her home in Kansas. The director, uses a number cinematic techniques such as camera angles, lighting, colour and dialogue to portray a central theme of There’s no place like home. Dorothy Gale, the protagonist of the story
The wonderful wizard of Oz is about Dorothy who is a girl from Kansas. A tornado comes to her house and takes her house with her in it to the mythical land of Oz.Dorothy wakes up to see that she is in an unfamiliar place. She meets a witch that tells her that she needs to go to the great wizard Oz who,lives in the Emerald city if she wants to get home. On her way to the city she meets three new companions to accompany her on her journey. After talking to the great Oz, she is told that if she wants
and The Wizard of Oz isn't any different. In the film and the story, the differences between the two are important on how they shape the story. The book and the movie have some pretty huge differences from each other including: the silver shoes, the wicked witch of the west, and how Dorothy actually went home from the land of Oz. Throughout the book the slippers are silver, the wicked witch shows up in the book one time and has one eye, and Dorothy really goes to the land of Oz. In the film the shoes
In the movie The Wizard of Oz, a tornado touched through Kansas and the main character, Dorothy, and her dog are taken away from their house to the mythical land of Oz. Dorothy and her dog seek adventure on the yellow brick road. On their way, they find some interesting friends. Dorothy and her friends keep along the path of the yellow brick road in search of the Wizard of Oz. Each friend Dorothy meets, go on this journey to seek what they desire most in life. After the long adventure, they come
Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum implements the use of colors in order to give the readers a sense of urgency whether it symbolizes the danger of the situation which Dorothy and her group are facing or it simply represents the different people in the land of Oz, as they are all very different. Color also plays an important part in both the setting and tone of the story. From the very beginning L. Frank Baum uses colors to highlight the sharp contrast between the land of Oz and Kansas he does
“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a children’s novel written by Frank Baum, an American author. It has many similarities and differences when comparing it to the film that was produced after the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. The main character in the two different stories is a young girl named Dorothy. Throughout the film and novel not all characters that are introduced are in both the novel and film. The settings of the two different stories are located in different areas, where the
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. Throughout Fleming’s adaptation of Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” there are
Have your ever wondered how similar a book and a movie are? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, -written by L. Frank Baum and the movie The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming, is a great example. There are a lot of major differences in the movie and the film. In the book, the Land of Oz is real, Dorothy actually goes to the Land of Oz unlike the movie, where it is all a dream. One of the most interesting change in the movie is the color of the shoes. In the book the shoes are silver while in the movie
her a kiss that will protect her from any evil. While she’s on her way to see the Wizard of Oz she meets Scarecrow, Tin man and the Cowardly lion. When Oz was about to take her back to Kansas she goes to find Todo and doesn’t get on the balloon in time. In the end she finds her way back to Kansas and her family. Scarecrow- Dorothy meets the Scarecrow first and saves him. While they’re on their way to Oz the Wicked Witch of the North sends crows and the Scarecrow scares them away. While Dorothy and
Dorothy, who has save them from their shadow, the wicket witch of the east. Glenda, after welcoming Dorothy, points to an area that has caused excitement in this new land; Dorothy’s house has landed on and killed a figure whose feet can be seen from beneath the house. This was the wicked witch of the east, who has terrorized the land, the shadow, the villain, the evil one, and she is now dead. The Shadow archetype is a negative figure, representing things we don 't like and would like to eliminate
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is considered a classic in the history of children’s fantasy literature. The majority of the readers are the intended audience, children, and that influences the way it has been read and interpreted over the years. From a child’s point of view, this story is colorful and enticing, feeding into their curiously imaginative minds. As adults and re-readers of L. Frank Baum’s text, the meaning of the story changes due to the simple fact that our developed brains have ventured
Must Die. There is one main plot to the book, that is ending Dorothy’s rein over Oz. As is made obvious from the title of the book, Dorothy must die or rather be assassinated by a group of people. She had saved Oz once. She had gone back to her home land of Kansas, where she was being treated like a farm girl once again. She then came back to Oz were she took control over the land trying to suck the magic out of the land by enslaving the munchkins. The group of people associated with the down fall
Wizard of Oz fulfills the fantasy genre (1939). The theme of this film is about a girl named Dorothy, unappreciative of what she has at home. In spite of the fact that Oz was a magical place with witches good and bad, wizards and talking animals, Dorothy missed her life in Kansas. She was also saddened that she had forsaken her obligation to care for her aunt back home. The film begins with Dorothy in Kansas. During a terrible tornado, she is unwillingly whipped up and dropped into the land of Oz
Dorothy’s Journey To Oz The Great and Powerful Sometimes, the hardest parts of life can make one a better person in the long run, it just takes time. In the novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy learns the importance of being independent and brave. By going on the journey to Oz, she runs into many challenges throughout the novel that help her grow into a hero at the end of the novel. In the story, Dorothy lives a normal life, but then there was a twister that hit her house
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