The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a story about a little girl named Dorothy and her dog, Toto. Dorothy is an orphan who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in Kansas. Everything there is gray, grayed by the ever-present sun. One day, a tornado arrives. Dorothy doesn’t make it to the emergency cellar with her aunt and uncle. Instead, she just arrives at the house with her dog. The tornado sweeps up the house and takes it to the Land of Munchkins. Glenda, the Good Witch of the North, tells Dorothy to go to the Emerald City, where the Great Wizard of Oz will help Dorothy get back to Kansas. On the way to the Emerald City, following the yellow brick road, Dorothy meets the Scarecrow, who wants a brain, the Tin Man, who wants a heart, and the Cowardly …show more content…
Dorothy’s house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East, killing her and leaving her shoes. Dorothy wears them, but the Wicked Witch of the East’s sister was the Wicked Witch of the West. That’s why the WWotW (Wicked Witch of the West) wanted to kill Dorothy. Dorothy and her friends arrive at the Emerald City, and are granted permission to see the Wizard of Oz. They see him on separate days. Dorothy sees the wizard as a giant head on a marble throne, the Scarecrow sees a beautiful lady in a silk gauze, the Tin Man sees a terrible beast, and the Cowardly Lion sees a ball of fire. The Wizard agrees to help them all, under one condition: they kill the WWotW. On their way to the WWotW, the WWotW’s sees the group and sends a pack of wolves after them to tear them to pieces, but the Tin Man kills them with his axe. She sends a flock of wild crows to peck their eyes out, but the Scarecrow breaks their necks. She summons a swarm of black bees to sting them, but they die when trying to sting the Tin Man and the Scarecrow’s hay stuffing protects the other three. She sends her Winkie soldiers to attack them, but the Lion scares them
The Wizard of Oz is a classic known by all. The plot is fairly simple. Poor bored Dorothy is sick of her normal boring life on her Aunt and Uncles farm in Kansas and decides to run away to a more exciting life. Her plans are changed when she meets a fortune teller who convinces her to go back home. Unfortunately, as she is headed back home a horrible storm starts and she and her dog Toto are blown away, along with her house. When she lands, she comes outside to see that she has landed on a person with red shoes. She is met by tiny people and a witch called Glinda who tells her that she has landed on and killed the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy tells Glinda she wants to go home, and Glinda tells her if she follows the yellow brick road she will end up in the Emerald City where the Wonderful Wizard of Oz can help get her home.
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In The Wizard of Oz, the ordinary world and the beginning of the adventure are presented with stunning visual effects. Dorothy, the protagonist, is shown struggling in her ordinary world. She is confronted by the mean neighbor Miss Gulch who wants to take away Dorothy’s dog Toto and give him to the animal control authorities because of Toto’s bad behavior. Dorothy reacts childishly with a temper tantrum, begging her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em not to let Miss Gulch have her way. She confronts Miss Gulch when she tries to take Toto, saying, “You wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don't let 'em take Toto! Don't let her take him -- please!” (The Wizard of Oz). In a fit of temper, Dorothy decides to run away because she thinks that it is the only way she can protect her dog from Miss Gulch. The plot picks up the story of Dorothy’s life at a rather bleak point. Dorothy is portrayed as powerless and directionless and she does not appreciate the gifts she has in her family and life. Her character flaws and areas of growth are clear from such behavior. She seeks to be the leader of her own life but she lets temper get in the way of her enacting effective change. Furthermore, in her decision to run away Dorothy shows that she does not appreciate those who love her or the blessings of her loving home.
Furthermore, gender roles comes into effect when the two witches use their power throughout the film, and are the only ones to do so. Glinda the Good Witch is the one who can be seen to be the mentor of Dorothy as she influences and guides her to overcome the Wicked Witch of the West. Again, the mentor is usually a male but it is obviously different in this film. Furthermore, Glinda also uses her powers to help fend of the Wicked Witch as she tries to take the ruby slippers from Dorothy. Glinda uses her power to make the Wicked Witch feel small as she says, "You have no power here! Begone, before somebody drops a house on you, too!" This leads to
The Wizard of Oz uses film form by using similarity and repetition. With Dorothy being the main character, she is always reappearing in the film. As well as all of the characters, The Tin Man, The Lion, and The Scarecrow, have similarities to Dorothy. Each of them need something, Dorothy needs to go back home, The Tin Man needs a brain, The Scarecrow needs a heart, and The Lion needs courage. The film also progresses from the beginning to the end, as well as the characters. Dorothy starts at one spot, follows the yellow brick road and eventually makes it to her destination to see The Wizard of Oz, gets what
It’s plot begins before and continues after Dorothy’s arrival in Oz from Kanas, and it includes several character references to the 1939 film and Baum’s novel. Wicked tells the narration of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Crone of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who battle through opposing personalities and points of view,
The Good Witch was white and so were the Wizards. The Munchkins thought Dorothy was a witch because of her clothes. The Munchkins started her on her journey down the “Yellow Brick Road” to Oz. She meet the Scare Crow who still carries the blue from the Munchkins, but they leave the borders of the Munchkins the color begins to blend and the brightness and landscape become rough and dark as they to get near the forest. The Tin Man is the next character which helps get through the dark forest that dangerous. In the forest they meet the Cowardly Lion that will prove to a help in crossing the rough
The Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum was published on May 17, 1900, and the original movie was made in 1939 (produced by Mervyn LeRoy). Both the book and movie are similar. The story is about a little girl named Dorothy who is carried away from home by a cyclone. She ends up in the land of the Munchkins where she meets little people and a witch. Once she meets the witch she is told that in order for her to get back home she has to go to the Emerald City to speak to Oz. On her journey to Oz she meets three characters: the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion. These three characters also want something from Oz. The Scarecrow wants a brain, the Tin Man wants a heart, and the Cowardly Lion wants courage. Although the book and the
Just a mention of The Wizard of Oz acts as a rubber-band on my heart snapping me back to twinkles of emerald green and ruby red. At a young age, this movie had always been my favorite. Dorothy, a farm-girl who escapes her abnormally gray town, Kansas, is guided by the amiable Professor Marvel back home just in time for her to take a tornado ride to a colorful, magical land of buoyant little people. The good witch, Glinda, appears and advises her to make her way to the Emerald City, where the mysterious Wizard of Oz can send her back home. The Yellow Brick Road leads her on an unforgettable journey where she meets The Scarecrow, in search of a brain, the Tin Man, in need of a heart, a Lion looking for a little courage, and The Wicked Witch of the West who seeks to ruin their plans. All I ever paid any mind to when I was younger was the happy ending. Each character got what they were searching for, the Wicked Witch was killed, and Dorothy was able to click her heels and return home. The Wizard of Oz is a story of four characters searching for their heart’s desires, which they eventually find within themselves. Perhaps at first glance, The Wizard of Oz can be perceived as a children’s story. However, with profound thought the message touches on some ubiquitous themes such as deception and the flaw of human nature.
When the Munchkins realized she wasn’t dead, they immediately called Glinda, the Good Witch of the East, to take her to the hospital. At the hospital the Wicked Witch of the East was nursed back to health. Meanwhile, the Munchkins knew she would get better soon so they went to the Wizard of Oz and was sent to Dorthy for a hiding place.
Gale can be a metaphor for a strong wind, which is also the last name of Dorothy, from “The Wizard of Oz”. There are many ways that Gales influence the story. The first way this was shown, was at the beginning of the story. Dorothy wants to make sure that Toto is not put to sleep, but her family blows her off course, and inadvertently sent her to the land of Oz (The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming). This shows how Gales influence the story, because the Gale family sent Dorothy in the wrong direction. Another ways Gales influence the story, was when Dorothy was sent to the Land of Oz. After being sent back to her home by Professor Marvel, Dorothy sees that a tornado is very close to her home, she runs inside, and wakes up in the land of Oz (Cite).
“I will get you my pretty, and your little dog too!” The Wizard of Oz is probably one of the best known movies of all time, and it is a timeless classic. Generations all remember the little farm girl Dorothy who is swept away to the mystical land of Oz. While in Oz, she encounters the Wicked Witch of the West who will stop at nothing to destroy Dorothy. On the dangerous journey, Dorothy teams up with a brainless scarecrow, a heartless tin man, and a cowardly lion to reach to the Emerald City to find a way back to Kansas. The Wizard of Oz is known to be a family fun, musical fantasy which teaches people everywhere that there is no place like home.
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 Kansas and then it moved into a wonderful place called Oz. Dorothy lived in Kansas and grown up with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and her loving pet Toto. But one day on the farm a tornado came and she was in her bedroom listening
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the story of a girl named Dorothy who is taken away from her home in Kansas with her dog Toto to the magical land called Oz. There she becomes friends with a Scarecrow that doesn't have a brain, a cowardly Lion with no courage, and a Tin Man that doesn’t have a heart and the three make their way along the Yellow Brick Road to
Wizard of Oz is a fantasy and at the same time adventurous story of a girl named Dorothy. It is fantasy because it shows the image of a scarecrow who wishes to have a brain which in reality doesn't exist. A Tin Woodman who wants to have a heart and the irony of the Lion who wishes to have courage. It also shows magic such as the wicked witch, good witch and the other characters who was portrayed in the story.