Dorothy Day

Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, CA. If you had the chance to visit San Diego, California you might consider staying at the Hotel del Coronado. This popular beachfront hotel was once featured in the movie “Some Like It Hot” starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. It is possible that this hotel inspired writer L. Frank Baum to come up with Emerald City in “The Wizard of Oz”. The hotel isn’t green but it slightly resembles Emerald City. The hotel was built in the Victorian age in 1888 and

A Glimpse of Dorothy Parker's Life Dorothy Rothschild, later to become the famous writer Dorothy Parker, was born on August 22, 1893 to J. Henry Rothschild and Eliza A (Marston) Rothschild in West End, New Jersey. Parker’s father, Mr. Rothschild, was a Jewish business man while Mrs. Rothschild, in contrast, was of Scottish descent. Parker was the youngest of four; her only sister Helen was 12 and her two brothers, Harold and Bertram, were aged 9 and 6, respectively. Just before her

override our everyday emotional responses.  People who we Despise in life may become spellbinding as characters  Wizard of Oz: We might find the land of Oz much more appealing than Kansas, but because the films form leads us to sympathize with Dorothy in her desire to go home, we feel satisfied when she finally returns home to Kansas. - Expectation spurs emotion  To have an expectation about what will happen is to incest some emotion in the situation. • Delayed fulfillment of an emotion (suspense)

Dorothy Parker An Inspiration Dorothy Parker was a famous poet who lived from August twenty-second, 1893 to June first, 1967. From the feminist movement in 1848, to the modernist movement and the jazz age in the twentieth century, Dorothy Parker made a long lasting impact, and was also an inspiration to both movements. Dorothy parker’s common themes were anxiety and female passivity which shined through many of her poems. Dorothy Parker was born two months premature to Jacob Henry and Eliza Annie

The United States of America is a big, powerful and wealthy country in the world. The diversity of class, individuality, religion, and race are a few of the embellishments within the "melting pot" of our society. The blend of these numerous diversities is the crucial ingredient to our modern nation. America has been formed upon them, its inhabitants- the "average American"- have a single means in common; a single concept; a single goal; the American Dream. The Dream consists of a seemingly simple

The Ultimate Price for Glory The sports world is filled with endless competition with everyone trying to be the absolute best, so is greatness worth risking their own life? With the constant push from coaches, family members, fans, and even themselves, it is no wonder that athletes sometimes experiment with performance enhancers. There are many different types of Performance Enhancing Drugs, and each kind has different effects on the human body. There are many different categories of Performance

children’s story encaptures Dorothy Gale’s (Judy Garland) long, adventurous journey down the yellow brick road in the land of Oz. As we follow Dorothy’s venture home, Fleming holds the audience's attention throughout the movie by incorporating an imaginative writing style and frightful, yet hopeful tone to create an overall compelling story. Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) is a young girl growing up on a farm in gloomy Kansas with her dog Toto. When a tornado approaches the farm, Dorothy seeks safety in her

When she said she didn't free the Munchies. -1 Path of trials When she met Oz and met new friends. Mentor She also follows the witch instructions to reach the Land of Oz. First Threshold Dorothy crossed the threshold by knowing there wasn't any maps to guide her. Dorothy goes on to Oz The Munchkins lead Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road, and soon enough is alone and meeting new characters Enemies and challenges Dorothy’s challenges was how she was told by oz to kill the witch. Also was finding

Charles Foster Kane was a man with an enormous amount of wealth and clout. He had it all, money, women, anything he could possibly want. But for a man who seems like he has everything, in reality he is missing one of the only things that money can’t buy, his childhood and happiness. Throughout his life he is desperately searching for the thing that can return his childhood. He searches so desperately that he pushes himself into solitude, and ends up dying alone. All Charles Foster Kane wanted was

In the Wizard of Oz, we follow Dorothy, an adolescent girl, who when faced with the reality of the adult world yearns for a return to her simple childhood. In the first act of the film we see that Auntie Em and Uncle Henry are unable to prevent the wicked Miss Gulch from taking Toto away. They are also powerless to protect their farm and Dorothy from the looming tornado. It is through their helplessness that the film’s explicit meaning is revealed: the inadequacy of adults, and the need for children