The Wizard of Oz is a classic story that has been told in numerous ways. The first version I will tell about is the movie version, the book version, and finally the Michael Jackson version. The Michael Jackson version is called “The Wiz” but the book version and the movie version are both known as The Wizard of Oz. I will talk about the differences between all of the versions. They all have the same basic plot but are told in different ways. The movie was originally shot in sepia-toned, black and
benefit us. Characters in books are just the same; they start the book as one person and end it as a more matured and wiser person. They learn and grow through the chapters sometimes negatively or positively. In the beloved children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the character Scarecrow changes throughout the story and learns life lessons along the way while he travels with Dorothy and the gang to the Emerald City. The biggest change that the Scarecrow faced was the development of confidence. When
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is considered a classic in the history of children’s fantasy literature. The majority of the readers are the intended audience, children, and that influences the way it has been read and interpreted over the years. From a child’s point of view, this story is colorful and enticing, feeding into their curiously imaginative minds. As adults and re-readers of L. Frank Baum’s text, the meaning of the story changes due to the simple fact that our developed brains have ventured
"A baby has brains, but it doesn 't know much. experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get." − L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This quote from the original book shows how the first of anything will not be very good as it was the first of its kind in this case the book turned stage musical turned film adaptation but as the years went by people improved different aspects in order to make the original more entertaining
Lyman Frank Baum, more commonly known as Frank Baum, was an American author generally known for his astonishing novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of OZ”. However, Baum wrote many other intriguing pieces, including playwrights, journals, and children’s books. Baum was born and raised in Chittenango, New York and had a particularly comfortable upbringing due to his father owning a barrel factory. Frank Baum never earned a high school diploma; he instead spent a majority of his early adulthood pursuing his
The History of “OZ” “Were off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz” One of the infamous phrases from one of the most well know classics of all time. The original movie titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was made in 1939 by Frank Baum. This film featured stars such as Judy Garland, Jack Hayley and many others. This was not only a movie, it was a fantasy, and a musical storytelling adventure with unusual characters that shook the audience. This was one of the first films to make it to the
The Wizard of Oz, perhaps America’s favorite children’s story, is also an informed remark on the late 1800’s Populist Movement. The movie, starring Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, and Ray Bolgr, is based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The novel tells the story of a young girl named Dorothy and her dog, who are whisked away in her house by a twister, to the magical Land of Oz. Determined to find a way back home, Dorothy travels along the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was the first fairytale written in United States. Baum wrote TheWonderful Wizard of Oz during a time in history that was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was the first fairytale written in United States. Baum wrote TheWonderful Wizard of Oz during a time in history that was not known for its social justices. The story focused on the many similarties between Baum's characters and the United States during the 1800's. It is suggested that
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a fictional adventure/fantasy that was written by L. Frank Baum in 1965. L. Frank Baum was born near Chittenango, New York in 1856. Frank grew up with a heart condition so he couldn’t play physically like other children so he developed a creative side, so he decided to write stories. The setting of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was set in with a happy society with some upsetting problems. The story was set in the 1950’s, the story started
The role gender holds in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is not one many were familiar with at the time it was written. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz reverses the accepted gender roles of its time, women taking control, even helping men in times of need. This idea is depicted throughout the entire novel, affecting almost every character introduced. This novel essentially questions and challenges the accepted beliefs on the roles of gender in the society at that time, showing how things would be if roles
“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
Frank L. Baum begins The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Kansas, a land devoid of color and life, to show Dorothy’s dismal world. Her Aunt Em, who had once been a beautiful woman, has become as colorless as the gray and dried vegetation on her farm. When Dorothy is caught in a cyclone, she is transported to a colorful and lively world, but she desperately tries to return to the colorless farm. Inherently Dorothy knows that home is where one’s loved ones live not some beautiful illusion. However, on her
Everyone will remember the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; lovely Dorothy gets swept away by a terrible tornado, lands in a town full of little munchkins, marches down a yellow brick road and meets a scarecrow, a tin man, and lion, is almost killed by a wicked witch, then finally makes her way back to Kansas by clicking her hills three times saying, “I wish I were home”. But is that really the entire story? Shouldn’t there be more? Well, to answer that question, there is more to this story. It’s
Curtain of Common Core In L. Frank Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her friends embark on a journey to the castle of the Wizard, who rules over Emerald City. They reach the hall of the Wizard, and the creature which they discover is intimidating and authoritative; however, Toto the dog eventually spots an inconspicuous curtain in the corner of the room. Upon pulling back the dark cloth, the group discovers that the Wizard of Oz is not the magnificent, omniscient being whom they
Juliet and Otis Turner’s The Wonderful Wizard of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz film. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz have many similarities and differences in what makes them classics, those of which include the areas of timeless themes, broad audience appeal, and style and originality. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz each have their own timeless
The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is one of the most controversial movies in American history because there is no clear and cut meaning of the film. Everyone has a different interpretation of what the film Wizard of Oz really means. Some people believe that the movie has Christian religious symbolism or atheist symbolism, others believe that the illuminati was behind the making of the Wizard of Oz to brainwash people, others believe that there is a more political based meaning of the Wizard of Oz
Frank L. Baum uses many colors through the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the colors he uses symbolize many different thinks and people may interpret differently. The color white represents good witches and wizards. White symbolizes the purity and good nature of the good witches. The color black represents the bad witches. Black represents darkness and evil. In this story the good side always wins, this could be shown by the witches clothing. In darkness or blackness even the smallest white or
The Wizard of Oz The book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a well written children's story from the year 1900. The story is about a young girl and her dog who are swept away from their farm in Kansas by a cyclone. They then arrive in the magical land of Oz. The author goes on to tell the story of Dorothy’s adventures and the struggles she has along the way. It teaches the reader the struggles in life and the challenges we may face. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Frank baum shows the wickedness of
Did you know that “The Wizard Of Oz” cost $46.9 million in today’s money and “The Wiz” cost $91.4 million? It may have cost a lot of money but both are classics that we have come to love. The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz was written in 1900. It featured all of the characters that we know and like. In 1939 MGM made the music classic “The Wizard Of Oz.” Then, in 1978, Motown teamed up with Universal Pictures to create “The Wiz”, a movie filled with soul infused songs and memorable faces. Both of the movies
The 1900 children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L.Frank Baum is about a Kansas girl named Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto journey home. Dorothy and Toto got swept into the Land of Oz by a cyclone. Dorothy meets a living Scarecrow, a man made entirely of tin, and a Cowardly lion while trying to get to the Emerald City hoping that the Great Oz can help her return home. Oz advises Dorothy and her new friends to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West in order to find a way home. Over the years,