The Legend Of Dorothy's The Wizard Of Oz

We should all be familiar with the story of The Wizard of Oz. The protagonist, Dorothy, is swept into the magical land of Oz by a tornado, where she meets Glinda the Good Witch, who gives her the ruby slippers of the Wicked Witch of

Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves in the Land of Oz. As instructed by the the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road toward the Emerald City and the Wizard of Oz. With her companions, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, she encounters and overcomes the Wicked Witch of the West during her mission to return home.

Stories have deeper meaning than what they appear. Life events such as the government, economy, or something happening to an individual can inspire them to express themselves through writing. In the original story of “The Wizard of Oz”, it tells a tale far more than people realize. The story portrays the government during the time period and hidden symbolism within the story and characters.

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

Scene: This scene in the film comes just after the house has been picked up in the twister. Dorothy's house has been lifted up into the sky and suddenly dropped back down to earth in the middle of the Land of Oz. In the scene itself, Dorothy leaves her home to see that she is "Not in Kansas anymore," and finds the new and amazing world of the munchkin city in front of her. She also meets Gwendela the good witch as her journey in Oz begins.

Judging a book by it’s cover is often something we do as a human's and being insecure about ourselves and wanting to improve ourselves. L. Frank Baum shows these two themes consistently in The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz depicts the struggles of the main character Dorothy wanting to go back home and her meeting friends who would want to change things about themselves. They all work together on a fantastic adventure to go find the Wizard to help fulfill what they want for themselves.

The Wizard of Oz is an early film but editing is used quite a bit. First off, the absence of color in the beginning and the ending of the film. This sets an overall feeling of Dorothy being home. Next the film turns to color once Dorothy dreams of being in a different world, the color, yet again, set an overall mood for Dorothy in this new world “Over the rainbow.” The first steps of Dorothy being in the world of The Wizard of Oz gives off an example of inside and outside editing. The shot begins with a close up of Dorothy’s face and the camera slowly moves out to show everything else around Dorothy, which was the start of the yellow brick road and Munchkin land. After the viewer see all of that, the camera moves back in to Dorothys face when she says that they are not in Kansas anymore. One editing transition used a lot in The Wizard of Oz is the fade-in and dissolve. Another is cross-cut, two events occurring at the same

Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the "Union Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)." He was born on December 18, 1879 in the village Gori, Georgia. His real name is Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili but he later changed it to Joseph Stalin. He was a smart kid that achieved good in school and he got a scholarship to "Tiflis Theological Seminary "in 1894. A year later he got in touch with Messame Dassy which is a secret organization that supported the independence in Georgia from Russia. Some of the workers in the organization where communists and they introduced him to Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, In 1898 he joined this organization and he also joined "Social Democratic Labor Party" and worked for the "revolutionary movement" in 1901. In 1902 he was

In 1939, Victor Fleming made a film version of L. Frank Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” However, both the novel and the film focuses or touches on the same moral, it features the protagonist Dorothy who resides in Kansas the farm, along with her aunt Em and uncle Henry as well as her dog Toto. Both Baum’s novel and Fleming’s 1939 film adaptation the setting is in Kansas which is described as a small farm which Dorothy lives in which in Baum’s novel is picturized as gloomy, grey and dull. Throughout Fleming’s adaptation of Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” there are a number of differences which presents itself in a direct manner on screen as well as similarities. The variety of changes in the film’s adaptation tends to take

In 1984, former NFL player Kermit Alexander lost his mother, sister and two nephews due to a gang related shooting on the wrong family. The Alexander's family was not supposed to be targeted, it was a miss communication between the gang members. Alexander was so full of rage that he prowled the streets at night in search of the members that did this to his family, his goal was to give revenge for what they had done. The only reason he did not become a killer himself was because the mayor Tom Bradley made him promise to let it go and let the law handle the situation from there and in 1986 the killer, Cox was found and sentenced to death. Capital Punishment should be allowed because it stops the killer's from being able to kill again, it provides some closure for the families who have lost a loved one, and it is a deterrent showing what will be done to you if you do these heinous crimes.

In the final scenes and formal resolution of the film, which is shot in sepia tones creating a parallelism with Kansas on the opening scene, Dorothy attains her goal of returning home, waking up in her own bedroom surrounded by friends and family from her real life, therefore fulfilling the

After Dorothy ends up in the Land of Oz she wants to go back to her home in New York. She’s really confused and doesn’t really known what’s happening. The only way for her to get back home is for her to go

The only way for them to get through it all was to build courage, get a heart, to grow up and to fully think. As Bussey puts it, "She seeks familiarity and security, and along the way, she grows into a more mature individual."(1) Dorothy really does want to go back to Kansas and bring back the control of her own life. The voyage that Dorothy sets on to is one that can easily be described and seen as the voyage to her coming-of-age.

While she was following the yellow brick road she met up with the tin woodsman, scarecrow, and the cowardly lion and they all became great friends. They all traveled together because they were all trying to find the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. During their trip they did run into some minor complications and the main conflict was introduced when the wicked witch tried everything to stop them from getting to the Emerald City. But then one day they finally made it to the wizard and they told the wizard what they wished for and the wizard said that he couldn’t grant any wished until you get the broom of the wicked witch of the West. Finally, they achieved the Wizards wish, so they got there’s. The most exciting part of the story was when they found the Emerald City and when they each had there wish come true. So when Dorothy gets to go home, Tin man gets his heart, lion gets his courage, and last but not least the scarecrow gets a brain is when the outcome of the plot comes into place. The ending of the story was very happy because everyone got what he or she wished for.

Wizard of Oz is a fantasy and at the same time adventurous story of a girl named Dorothy. It is fantasy because it shows the image of a scarecrow who wishes to have a brain which in reality doesn't exist. A Tin Woodman who wants to have a heart and the irony of the Lion who wishes to have courage. It also shows magic such as the wicked witch, good witch and the other characters who was portrayed in the story.