Fairy tales are stories that we grew up with as children. Many of these classic tales were used as a way to teach important morals at the time of their creation. However many of these stories contained one-dimensional, stereotypical characters with simple, almost predictable, plots. This was how many fairy tales were told until 1900 when L Frank Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz. L Frank Baum thought differently of these stories and wanted The Wizard of Oz to be a modernized fairytale. The term…
The film Beasts of the Southern Wild is a fantasy drama film set in America, which involves two main characters, Wink and Hushpuppy. Hushpuppy is Wink’s daughter and they both overtake many obstacles together. Spirited away is an animation film whose main characters are a family of three: Chihiro and her parents. The family is moving to another Japanese town when they come across a hidden spirit world that seems like an abandoned theme park. The films Beast of the Southern Wild and Spirited Away…
A story about luck, friendship, brotherhood, love, adventure and fate, Slumdog Millionaire is an excellent portrayal of Mark Twain’s famous quote: “Truth is stranger than fiction.” Though the movie is not completely based on a true story, some of the key plots are based on and were inspired from real life events, meaning that these things did and do happen to real people. The movie has marvelously captured human emotions as the protagonist rides up and down his life’s roller coaster. The movie…
V Daisy Amber Flanagan is a dog with a dream. Daisy has caramel color fur, and black marble eyes. Her dream was to go to outer space. She dreamed that she would find a unknown planet. She had an amazing dream but sadly it would never come true. Daisy needed a spaceship. But even if she had a spaceship she couldn't go to space, because she was a dog. Sometimes Daisy wished she was a human. Humans get to do a ton of stuff .(the chocolate is so creamy and smooth but Daisy cant eat it) there's…
For L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, color takes a center part in the novel. The story centers on young Dorothy, a farm girl in Kansas who is tired of her dreary life. Her home is dreary and gray. After her house get caught in a cyclone she wakes up in Oz, a land filled with beauty. She meets companions on her journey home and fights the evil witch of the west. Throughout the novel the reader is exposed to different colors. These colors are gray, blue, and green, and they symbolize…
way to find the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz, inside his Emerald City. So, Dorothy sets out along the yellow brick road because she believes it is the only way she can return home. Along the way, she meets the Scarecrow, in need of a brain; the Tin Woodsman, in need of a heart; and the Cowardly Lion, in need of some courage. When the crew finally reach…
In the popular children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, populism can be seen more often than not. Baum cleverly displays this through all of his characters. Each is symbolic to his everyday life, as well as to other common people’s lives that have had similar experiences, or can relate in any way to the author. For instance, Dorothy represents an adolescent’s innocence, Toto represents virtuousness, the Scarecrow represents the hard working farmers, the Tinman…
He was actually turned into Tin and he became a rusty solid which is why he needed oil. He represents the industry because it is emotionless and needs “oil” to survive and move forward. Also Buam represents the Quadlings, which were the socialist and communist in the southern areas…
significance than lions and scarecrows bound profound inside of his script. The Wizard of Oz was composed and delivered amid the Modern Age. The Modern Age, as we probably am aware, gave headways in tin, additionally a lack on gas. At the point when Dorothy touches base in Oz, she meets the Tin Man. The Tin Man is by all accounts stuck, as his joints are hardened and powerless. Whenever asked, he says he has no oil to extricate them…
Bye.” Woodman: “ Good-bye, Dorothy we will miss you” Dorothy starts to cries and gives a group hug to her friends. The hug last for about a minute and Dorothy backs up with Toto in her hands. They all wave Good-bye. Dorothy closes her eyes and starts to click…