Dorothy's Parody: A Short Story

Deep in the Alps lies a small town called Clay. The sun was rising over a frosty blue mountain, and drops of dew dripped down from the leaves in the valley. Arthur awoke to find his bedroom filled with light. He went downstairs and drank a glass of water, not hungry enough for food. Arthur went outside into the chilly morning and started walking down the road. The road was lined with hundreds of huge alpine trees. A large flock of birds flew over Arthur’s head in the sky.

Dorothy Day was a women began a movement that lasted to this day. During the roaring 20’s she served as a reporter in the New York area where she eventually became pregnant due to her promiscuous life style. After her lover left her after her abortion, she left her life in New York City and went to live on Staten Island. It is their she met Forrester her future significant other. They had a marvelous time, maybe a little to much and Dorothy became pregnant once again. During her time on the island, she became involved with a local church where she began to feel a call. Eventually she moved to the city again to pursue a job, and a place to live. She meets a man named Peter Maurin who changes her life. She begins to have a calling to helping others. She then forms the Catholic Worker new paper where she brings to light social issues. She eventually starts a soup kitchen, and a place for people to stay. Even though she may have died in 1981, her legacy will live on for ever and serve as an inspiration for all

Dorothy, a farm girl from Kansas, lives with her Uncle Henry and Auntie Em. When Almira Gulch, brings a sheriff's order to take Dorothy's dog Toto away to be killed because Toto bit her leg. Auntie Em and Uncle Henry refuse, and they give the dog to Miss Gulch. As she rides away on her bike Toto jumps out of her basket and runs back him to Dorothy. She knows Miss Gulch will come back for the dog later, she runs away with Toto.

Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn in November 8th, 1897. Her entire family all took the writing field besides one of her three children. Day describes her young childhood at home as not very loving, especially coming from her father. Anytime she was standing in the presence of her father while she was at home, she remarks, “There was never a close embrace.” (Forest 4). However, it seemed that Day’s mother shared great affection and love for her children unlike her husband. Forest explains, “John, referring to Day’s father, seems to have found it easier to be with horses than with children.” In many books that discuss the life of Dorthy Day, Day’s father seemed to quote at times sayings from the Bible because he seemed to carry the book around

Dorothy Day is a strong woman who knows what she wants to accomplish. Her beliefs changed throughout her life but she ended up converting to Catholicism. Dorothy Day was actively involved with worldly issues and problems. To help get attention to these issues Dorothy created the Catholic Worker movement. On August 6, 1976 she was asked to speak at the World Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia (Ellsberg). Her speach was addressing the Feast of Transfiguration and the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Evidently the Congress scheduled a mass for appreciating the armed forces, how ironic. This threefold event called for a protest. It is said that Dorothy did not like public speaking because it gave her anxiety, this caused her a great amount of stress (Ellsberg). She began her speech by her story of the Catholic Worker and her conversion. She started giving service to the poor and then decided to convert after. She continued to say that the Church taught her the necessity of Penance. She concluded by giving attention to

Throughout the movie Dorothy encounters character foils of herself. The character foils are Toto, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, each representing Dorothy’s personality. Dorothy’s dog, Toto, represents the need for a journey. Throughout the movie, Toto wanders off to find new ways to the Wizard.

Frank Baums, The Wizard of Oz is arguably one of the most popular films made. Even though it was released in 1939, nearly three-quarters of a century ago, the film continues to entertain audiences and speak to them in a personal way. The question that comes to the mind when analyzing this film is: What is it about this film that gives it such timelessness? When reflecting on the film’s timeless qualities, it seems clear the plot is one of the things that enable it to maintain its relevance. Primarily, the plot of The Wizard of Oz is timeless because it is such an excellent example of the heroic journey, both in literally and cinematically. This journey of self-awareness is a metaphor for growth, which is something we all search to discover

Dorothy Day was a woman of much admiration. Through her work with the poor, particularly with her houses of hospitality, she touched many lives and ultimately set an example for Christians to follow in their own lives.

While her hands strained, she thought about how the love of her life met. It was a cold, Fall day and leaves started to fall off the trees. Colors of brown, yellow, and orange covered the streets where an old Inn sat.

World’s held their breath as one single tear rolled down the cheek of a broken queen. Not a sound was uttered as the breath was released and Penelope wiped her cheeks clean of any sign that she had been mourning as she slid out from between the blankets. She crept through her house, though it could have been a stranger’s without her lord to make it a home. As she stepped onto the soft grass a warm wind whispered in her ears.

Dorothy is Renaldo’s mother. Renaldo lives at home with his family and attends the local high school. Reynaldo is 18 years of age, has an IQ of 80, has a diagnosis of moderate autism and is verbal.

In this scene an aspect in which made me acknowledge the purpose of discrimination in the film was dialogue. The scene starts off with Dorothy quietly looking for a book while her two sons sit down in the isle reading to each other. We are then interrupted by a white woman (librarian) as she says “we don’t want any trouble in here”. Dorothy is quick to politely respond and explain that she’s “not here for any trouble”, the librarian looks confused as to what Dorothy was looking for and when she asked and had a response of “a book” started to get slightly irritated with Dorothy. “We have books in the coloured section” the librarian said but it wasn’t what Dorothy was looking for, which lead to the librarians last statement to Dorothy before

Anne and Jacob met in the street and ran together down the block, shoes flying off the pavement. Around the corner came the car, nearly hitting them, but they held hands and kept running. Suddenly, they swerved out of the street and onto the grass. Up the giant oak tree they climbed, then sat there, catching their breath.

The character foils all tell the audience about how Dorothy doubts her own blessings in life. The scarecrow shows how Dorothy doubts her own wits. The scarecrow believes he is not capable of being clever when, in reality, he is the smartest person of the group. This shows how Dorothy doubts her own wits because if the scarecrow is a character foil to Dorothy, than that would mean this applies to her as well. The lion shows how Dorothy doubts her own courage.

Love, by definition, is an intense feeling of affection, associated with attachment. Love can be very painful for many people since they end up getting hurt by the person they love. With the power love possesses, it has been used throughout literature in plays, books, poems, essays, and more. Dorothy Parker was a writer starting when she was in her twenties. Over the years, she began writing her own books, which became very popular. She expanded her writing style through her career and became very well known for how realistic and blunt her writing was. In the poem “A Certain Lady,” Dorothy Parker uses symbolism to convey a theme of how damaging love can be. For example, Parker describes “eager lips” to show her attraction to him, even though he was causing her pain by not being faithful. She also describes that her heart is dying over and over every time he tells her of his excursions with other women. Parker seems regretful by the way she ends her poem, and the characters are never described individually.