films follows the adventures of Dorothy, a girl who embark on an adventure in strange and fantastical land just wanting to go back home. In this essay I’m going to plot each film and compare the main character of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and the Wiz and discuss how the design and music differ from each film. Plot I In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy lives in Kansas with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Miss Almira is bitten by Dorothy's dog, Toto. Therefore, Dorothy senses that Miss Almira will
gone at war Penelope shows her faithful and loyalness by doing tasks like weaving during the day a shurod and as soon as night comes she unweaves it just so the suitors will keep waiting for her affection. Painter John Williams Waterhouse and poet Dorothy Parker portray to different sides of Penelope. While Waterhouse uses the myth of Penelope to show that people might try to pressure others into making bad decisions but we must stay patient and determined for the good that is ahead, where as in the
While Dorothy travels to a strange land called the land of Oz, Jessie travels out of her 1840’s village and back to the current time of 1996. While both girls need to learn how to interact with situations they aren’t used to but they use different methods. Also the girls have totally different reasons as to why they are there and while they are there they are trying to accomplish different things. The two books have very similar Author’s choice in setting. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Dorothy is
The desolate lifestyle of Dorothy and her family in Kansas is shown with the color gray, the fruitful region of Munchkinland is expressed through the color blue, while towards the end of the novel, yellow is used to represent the joy of the Winkies when they are released from the grasp of the Wicked Witch of the West. Before Dorothy is whisked away to Oz she is spending her days during the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s in Kansas; nothing was growing for Dorothy and her family during this
On Kahani, instead of glumfishes, the seas are filled with Plentimaw fishes, which are covered with dozens of mouths that all speak in unison and weave new stories together (Rushdie 84-86). Floating gardens can talk and groom story streams. A planet can be held still so that one side is constantly in light and shadows can become sentient beings on the other side. In Oz and on Kahani, anything is possible, which is quite different from Kansas and the Sad City, where every day goes by just as dismally
The Wizard of Oz Film and Book Background The Wizard of Oz is a book by L. Frank Baum written in 1900 and adapted into a musical fantasy in 1939. It starred a young Judy Garland, and was notable because of its use of special effects, color, unusual characters, and a fantasy storyline made into a major motion picture. It has become almost iconoclastic in film history, shown regularly on network television and becoming a part of American cultural history. The song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," won
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 go to the Emerald City, where
Plot Summary: In the book, Dorothy is first at her farm in Kansas, and then a cyclone carries her house, Toto, and herself into a strange land called Oz. There she meets the Good Witch of the North, and the munchkins, who explain to her that she landed on the Wicked Witch of the East, and now, to return to Kansas, she must journey to the Emerald City, to see the Wizard of Oz. Along the way, she meets the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, who decide to travel with her, so they can gain
character was Dorothy, she was a happy, cheerful little girl. Dorothy was walking outside and she became cold so she went to her house and sat right in front of the hearth. All the sudden a storm was coming and one second outside the window was a gigantic tornado. The tornado made such a havoc everywhere you would look. Dorothy went outside when the tornado passed, there was an innumerable amount of houses that were mared. As Dorothy knew she had to leave and go somewhere else. Dorothy was walking
Honors English, Period 2 October 9, 2017 Dorothy Must Die The book, Dorothy Must Die is a New York Bestseller. Dorothy Must Die is a fantasy novel, written by Danielle Paige. Danielle Paige has many other books in the Dorothy Must Die Series, explaining her adventures and how she grows to finally do, what the title says and kill Dorothy Gale. The main character of Dorothy Must Die is named Amy Gumm. Amy Gumm is the protagonist of this story while Dorothy Gale is the antagonist. Amy Gumm changes