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In Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a tornado rips Dorothy from her home in Kansas and drops her in the Land of Oz. To get home, she must seek answers from the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City. In similar fashion, Mississippi has been caught in the grips of a tornado that has left both public school educators and state legislators looking for answers to the state’s education problems. Unfortunately, many legislators seem to be more interested in taking on the role of

Dorothy the magical slippers from the deceased evil witch of the east. Dorothy’s only desire is to get home, so the good witch tells her of the great and powerful Wizard of Oz that can help her. With a kiss on the cheek and a magical protection spell, Glinda instructs her to follow the yellow brick road to find the wizard. Along the way Dorothy frees the Scarecrow from the pole on which he is hanging, applies oil from a can to the rusted connections of the Tin Woodman, and meets the Cowardly Lion. The

The play Wicked, written by American lyricist Stephen Schwartz, was a play that demonstrated several conflicts that a person went through during their lifetime. Elphaba, the protagonist, was born with green skin because of a choice that her mother made. She had to deal with the fear and the looks that people gave her because of her appearance. Elphaba dealt with the mockery of others during her years in school. When reading the play, one could compare Elphaba’s circumstances to discrimination or

on the Wicked Witch of the East, well it didn’t actually kill her. We all thought she died but she was just paralyzed from the neck from down, that’s why she wasn’t moving. 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

In the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" color plays a massive role on how the reader feels. Color is used to show how what kind of person a character is. It is also used to create a mood based on the setting. In the beginning of the novel L. frank Baum uses gray to show the reader how boring and desolate that Kansas is. But as the story goes on the cities in oz becomes vibrant. The land of the Munchkins is vibrant and multicolored, but mostly blue. This conveys a feeling of excitement

The five aspects of a quest are ( A.) a quester, ( B.) a place to go, ( C.) a started reason to go there, ( D.) challenges and trials en route, ( E.) and a real reason to do there. “Once you figure out quest, the rest is easy”. The started goal fades away throughout the story line and a new one is created. In the movie The Wizard of Oz the ( A.) Quester is a young, naive Dorothy, who is from Kansas. Dorothy is caught in a tornado and lands in the Land of Oz. ( B.) A Place To Go: When Dorothy arrives

The Wizard of Oz is a visionary classic, weather it be the book or the movie. The conflict can be a plethora of different things but the most important the major conflict is person vs. self. This conflict and deep meaning is what makes it a classic. It’s a battle between dorothy and herself, she has to find out where she belongs and where her home really is. The first example of this is the song over the rainbow, not only is it a major song in the movie that holds lots of symbolism but it also is

"Wizard of Oz" was directed by Victor Flemming, George Cukor, King Vidor and come from the novel that written by L. Frank Baum (story), Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay). The film was produced by Mervyn LeRoy, Arthur Freed (MGM). After 75 years, it's hard to say that the film is just a film. It has been transformed from mild box office showing to must-see annual TV event to timeless pop culture legend. This film was first brought it into our households on November

Released in 1939, following The Great Depression, The Wizard of Oz is a well-known family, adventure, musical, fantasy film. Directed by Victor Fleming and King Vidor with cinematographer, Harold Rosson, this movie gives its viewers the ability to visualize a place they would only be able to imagine in their dreams. Starring the young vivacious, Judy Garland, who plays the role of Dorothy; a girl who desired to leave home; however, is desperate to return when she realizes what home actually means

Introduction Popular culture has manifested itself in a number of ways. Currently, the most commonly used method of spreading and exchanging opinions, ideas, art, and other concepts is through the internet. Never before has it been so easy to shed light on a person or an idea, giving it levels of popularity that were considered inconceivable in ages past. In many circumstances the way people are portrayed through pop-culture is most likely how they were perceived by the bulk of people. Pop/culture