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The Influence of Color Could you ever imagine if The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum didn’t have a yellow brick road or an Emerald City? The colors chosen are significant and give the story a deeper meaning. Three colors that stand out in the beginning, middle and the end of the novel are gray, yellow and green. In the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum’s use of color is symbolic by associating distinct colors with specific settings and characters. The color gray is referenced

In the movie, The Wizard of Oz, when Glinda said “She had to learn it for herself,” the it was that there is no place like home, she loves her family and they love her back, and she is satisfied on the farm. First of all, part of the “it” Glinda was talking about is that there is no place like home. The movie script states, “And I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all! And- Oh, Auntie Em- there's no place like home!” This is one part of “it”. Dorothy has learned that

assiduous they are with those obstacles along the way to reach what they need. Since the goal and journey are always turned out to be an issue in reality, most authors often implant the idea of goal and journey in their books. Among them, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has outstandingly implicated the goal and journey. In the book, it has emerged

two themes consistently in The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz depicts the struggles of the main character Dorothy wanting to go back home and her meeting friends who would want to change things about themselves. They all work together on a fantastic adventure to go find the Wizard to help fulfill what they want for themselves. In the beginning of The Wizard of Oz starts off with Dorothy. She lives on a farm in Kansas with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. (“The Wizard of Oz” Ch.1, par 4.) It was an

The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939. It had five directors the main one being Victor Fleming. The other directors are George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor, and Norman Taurog. There are a few different themes: everyone has good and bad in them and friendship. The biggest theme of the film is “There’s no place like home”. Dorothy, the main character, who wants so badly to go someplace new and full of wonder realizes that home is a special place and nothing can replace it. At the end of the movie

The Wizard of Oz is the first in the Oz series by Frank Baum. From the other books, we learn that the word Oz has one meaning for the Wizard and another for the residents of the beautiful and magical world. The most common meaning for OZ is for the Wizard: Oz refers to the initials of his first two names, Oscar Zoroaster. However, there are additional meanings, as well. For the residents, Oz is the name of their “God,” the being that they look up to that can do all. Also, for the residents, Oz is

The Wizard of Oz Movie vs Book Andre Duvall Dr. Friedman October 10th 2014 US Hisotry Block 7 The Wizard of Oz has been a popular and symbolic film throughout our previous history. Both the book and movie have been recognised as classic literature for children and adults alike. Although they share the same concept, there are a few important differences between the novel and the film. In the movie: It tells the story of a girl named Dorothy, who ends up in a tornado and gets hurled away

Gold And Silver, Why Not Live Together? Eric Chen Dr.Friedman US History 10/12/2014 The Wizard of OZ, is a famous novel. The story talked about the adventure of a girl Dorothy who dropped into a strange world occasionally with her three comrades—Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion. Dorothy came to the Land of OZ with her house and the house crushed the Witch of the East, who is the wicked in that land. She got a pair of silver shoes from the corpse of the Witch of the East

Origins of the Shadow in A Wizard of Earthsea Ged, the main character in The Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin, through an act of pride and spite unwittingly unleashes a powerful shadow creature on the world, and the shadow hunts Ged wherever he goes. After failing to kill Ged the first time, he learns the only way to destroy the shadow is to find its name. What Ged must realize is the shadow was created by the evil in his own heart. Also, the shadow is not entirely evil, and Ged

In the story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, the conflict is that the main character Dorothy gets swept away from her home by a twister. When she landed, she was in the Land of Oz. She later finds out that she can get home just by clicking the heels of the silver shoes together, which she got from the good witch of the north. The good witch of the north and the munchkins gave the shoes to Dorothy because her house fell on the wicked witch of the east, killing her. And when she died all her munchkins