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because of how poorly the farm is doing, which is caused by the Dust Bowl. One day Dorothy and, her dog, Toto is walking home and she passes Miss Gulch’s, a rich neighbor, house who is outside doing some gardening. Toto runs into the garden chasing after Miss Gulch’s cat and also biting Miss Gulch. She hits Toto across the back with the rake sending Toto running away in fear. Dorothy and Toto make it back home where they find Uncle Henry and Aunt Em working on the farm. As Dorothy tries to explain

The Wizard of Oz is a story that first introduces us to our main character, Dorothy Gale. She is a young, sweet girl who is accompanied on an adventure by her small companion, a dog named Toto. The majority of the story is set in the magical Land of Oz. Throughout the journey, we meet the friends that follow Dorothy through Oz, they include a scarecrow, a tin woodman, and a lion. There are also many characters with small parts such as Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, The Good Witch of the North, the Munchkins

Toto is seen as Dorothy’s reason to laugh, play, and smile. In Baum’s text he describes the dog saying that, “Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played with him, and loved him dearly.” (Baum 7). Both editions of Oz describe Toto as being black and having a distinct nose and sparkly eyes.

The film The Wizard of Oz, as directed by Victor Fleming, involves a girl named Dorothy and her pet dog Toto. At first, she runs with Toto and reaches a point along the way where a pony Marvel appears and convinces her to return home (Fleming). After that, the audience sees how the house sinks into another world: the Land of Oz (Ibid.). Here, Dorothy becomes a real victor after she accidentally kills the Wicked Witch of the East by landing with her house onto the latter (Ibid.). The current paper

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

in Kansas and her house got carried away to a mystical land and she needs to get to the wizard to get her back home. Toto is Dorothy’s beloved dog who she takes everywhere. Scarecrow is the first friend she encounters along the way to the wizard. On her way she also meets the ‘Tin Man’, and the ‘Cowardly Lion’. Synopsis: Dorothy lived in a small house in Kansas with her dog Toto, Uncle Henry, and Aunt Em. One day a horrible and dangerous cyclone came across the prairie. Her

film, The Wizard of Oz, the story follows a young girl named Dorothy who lives in a farm in Kanas with her aunt in uncle. One day a tornado, hits her town, the young girl finds herself in a new environment, known as the Land of Oz alongside her dog Toto. She encounters a group of people named Munchkins, who celebrate her for killing the Wicked Witch of the East. Her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, declare Dorothy as her enemy. Glinda, The Good Witch of the North, tells Dorothy to find the Wizard

the scene in which Dorothy sings “Over the Rainbow” tells a story itself. The scene is composed of one brief shot and two long takes, the first of which is centered on Dorothy throughout. Suddenly, abruptly, the scene cuts mid-sentence to a smiling Toto who is wagging his tail. Initially, the cut seems to serve no purpose — it does not further the narrative, nor does it come into play later. But a keen eye, or ear rather,

In this paper I will look at the movie “The Wizard of Oz” through the Musical/ Fantasy/ adventure genre lens. The film is about a young girl who is whisked off into a magical place. A place that is full of witches, munchkins, flying monkeys and actual magic. It is a place of perilous adventure and colorful and interesting personalities. The Wizard of Oz was a 1939 musical/ fantasy/ family/ adventure film based on L. Frank Baum’s book of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film was directed by Victor

opens up with the Overture then the teenage Dorothy Gale enters the scene. Dorothy Gale lives on a farm in Kansas with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and her dog Toto, but she feels like no one understands her which leads to the first song called “Nobody Understands Me.” Then the evil Mrs. Gulch comes in threatens to call the authorities after Toto bit her. Dorothy wants to escape and go see the world which opens up to the most well-known song of the Play “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Dorothy leaves the