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The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is a classic American film interpreted from L. Frank Baum’s book published in 1900. We have all seen the film as a child and enjoy it equally as adults. It is a film we watch repeatedly to experience the wonders of our imaginations. There are many key elements that have made this film a notorious childhood memory as well as an American classic that we have treasured for generations. How could we forget the magical characters, the music, and the outstanding

character, Dorothy, for the shoes she wears (Fleming & LeRoy, 1939). The Wicked Witch wants the shoes for herself because they hold great power, but also because they belonged to her sister, The Wicked Witch of the East (Fleming & LeRoy, 1939). However, Glinda The Good Witch of the North, gifts them to Dorothy after she traveled to Oz, in her house and through a cyclone (Fleming & LeRoy, 1939). The house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East and

Dance has been around since the earliest of human times. However, the formalization of dance came long after humans were dancing. As cultures became more developed, people could focus on other things such as rituals, dances, costumes, and entertainment (Hooper). This led to entertainment not only for the royalty and leaders of a society, but also entertainment for the commoner. Kassing notes that as the Renaissance arrived, performances in court became much more common as a form of entertainment

In eighth grade I started doing the school musical. My first musical was “High School Musical,” where I played a skater. In practices the cast bonded as close as a family. We spent 3 months, day and night constantly working on our production. The moment I stepped into the bright lights, I found a love for theatre. Ninth grade came and of course I was there, playing a townsperson in, “The Wiz.” That year I grew really close to my directors and more of my classmates, as we “Eased on down the road

The Oz Principle by Roger Connors, Tom Smith, and Craig Hickman is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. This novel was designed to elaborate on each of the characters in the infamous film, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and relate them to 21st century employees. It discusses ways of improvement for individual and organizational accountability. The novel is divided into ten chapters that relate to the characters in The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is a story about the journey Dorothy

The concert that I attended was titled An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth. It was held in Waukegan at the Genesee Theatre on Oct 1st. Kristin Chenoweth was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where the Chenoweths adopted her soon after her birth. From a very young age Kristin began to get involved in the performing arts; she sang in the Gospel choir, acted in school plays, and took dance classes. Religion is and has always been very important to Kristin, partially because it was her first connection

Girl with a Watering Can If I could own any one of the world’s great pieces of art, I would choose Girl with a Watering Can by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The shades of color chosen add depth to the picture and create the illusion of light emanating from it. The little girl is wearing a deep blue dress and bright red bow, yet the background scenery is fairly muted, consisting mostly of faded green and light tan. Her face seems to radiate as though the sun were shining upon it. The two white flowers in

Lyman Frank Baum lived his life with freeness in creativity. Baum cared about making lifetime childhood memories. Baum’s tendency to speak his mind through his writing is truly honorable. His legacy continues now although more than a century later. Lyman Frank Baum became one of the greatest literary authors to walk the earth. He controlled an expansive imagination with both fantasy and reality. On May 15, 1856, in Chittenango, New York, a child was born who would change literary history, and his

Donovan Conner Mrs. Collins College Prep American Literature February 9 2009 In Lyman Frank Baum’s, more commonly known as Frank L. Baum, novel The Wonderful wizard of Oz Baum describes a story in which a young girl Dorothy and her dog, Toto go on a magical journey from the dull, gray land of Kansas to the colorful, magical land of Oz. This girl and her dog meet three companions, a Cowardly Lion, a Brainless Scarecrow, and a Heartless Tin Man and have adventure in the Land of Oz and untimely help

For many generations, adults and children alike have relished L. Frank Baum’s cleverly written bedtime story, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. On the surface, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz seems like an innocent fairy-tale that was written “solely to pleasure children today” ; however a deeper look into the main characters and symbolism inherent in the story, suggest an outlook into the Gilded Age. Many historians, beginning with Henry Littlefield, have interpreted The Wizard of Oz as being an allegory to