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    The Wizard of Oz Review

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    hometown is suddenly hit by a raging tornado. Dorothy is knocked unconscious by a loose window while trying to take cover inside her small farm house that she shares with her loving Aunt‚ Uncle and three helpful farm hands. After being swept away in the tornado‚ Dorothy lands in a fantasy land called Oz. In order to get back home to Kansas‚ Dorothy has to make the long journey to Emerald City to see the Wizard of Oz. On the way to see the Wizard‚ Dorothy finds many friends who gladly go with her to

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    fell in love with it and continue to watch it to this day. The “Wizard of Oz” is considered a classic and a must see among all types of audiences. The plot of the film is a girl named Dorothy who lives in Kansas with her family and a dog that she recently found named Toto. A tornado hits Kansas and causes Dorothy to become unconscious. When she wakes up she finds herself in the Land of Oz In the time that she is their she makes three friends‚ the Tin Man‚ The Scarecrow‚ and the Lion that help

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    6 scene paragraph

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    6 Scene Paragraphs Psycho The scene is when Marion arrives at the hotel. After checking in she is invited to have dinner with Norman. While she is getting settled Norman goes back into the house and Marion overhears He and his "Mother" arguing about Marion eating dinner there. He instead brings the dinner down to her where they begin to talk. While talking she gives her opinion of what he should do with his mother because she is "very ill". Throughout this scene you get an idea of how Norman

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    Dorothy Day Analysis

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    section seven‚ Dorothy Day describes her experience with Ms. A and her family. Ms. A is a woman who has had four children and an unemployed husband. Dorothy describes how she tried to explain to a social worker why Ms. A and her husband chose not to practice contraception‚ which is something the Catholic Church is against. However‚ the social worker does not understand this reasoning‚ since Ms. A and her husband would not so many financial problems if they had less children. Dorothy day also talks

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    identities. The old man has the most difficulty with his own identity. He wishes to be a great wizard with superhuman capabilities. The Tin Man‚ Scarecrow‚ and Cowardly Lion have trouble with desiring qualities that are only common to humans. Finally‚ Dorothy runs into trouble with the symbols around her that establish her identity. The common problem that consumes each character in this story is commonly known as an identity crisis‚ meaning they ask the question‚ "Who am I?" Although these problems

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    loyalty and respect to her husband without being asphyxiated by patriarchal community. Both Penelope and the Suitors by J.W. Waterhouse and “Penelope” by Dorothy Parker use the myth of Penelope’s suitors to show that her loyalty to Odysseus overcomes the obstacles and hardships both face through their 20 year separation. The poem‚ written by Dorothy Parker‚ is written through the point of view of Penelope. Parker refers to Penelope as sitting at home and occasionally will “rise; to heed a neighbor’s

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    Also elements from Bettelheim‚ Freud and Jung can be applied in analyzing each work. In both Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass and Wizard of Oz ‚ the authors delineate essential components to show how the main characters‚ Alice and Dorothy‚ mature from childhood to adulthood. This concept of growth into adulthood is an essential theme in both novels. In the first book‚ Alice is very unsure of herself and is even depicted in one point‚ to be having an identity crisis. With each character

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    Wizard Of Oz Analysis

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    MGM’s The Wizard of Oz tells the story of Dorothy‚ her trip to OZ and her encounters with a brainless scarecrow‚ a heartless tin-man and a cowardly lion. Featuring Judy Garland‚ this 1939 musical‚ directed by Victor Fleming‚ (Thompson‚ 1994‚ Page 211)‚ has become one of America’s most-loved films because of it’s cinematographic elements and its timeless message in the storyline. Because of its universal storyline‚ groundbreaking use of color and timeless success‚ The Wizard of Oz is the greatest

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    Dorothy E. Smith

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    Dorothy Edith Smith “Feminist Standpoint Theory and Institutional Ethnography” 1926- Dorothy E. Smith was born in North England in 1926. Dorothy E. Smith has lived a long life and commonly refers to it as “a long time ago and another world”. According to Smith‚ she has grown from the young woman to now due to several experiences. Smith has been employed in many different capacities such as a secretary and a clerk. In her Mid-twenties‚ she worked at a book publishing company. Smith attempted

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    over and over again. I love this movie more than words can say. It was one of the first movies I loved as a child. The movie was so colorful and the songs I can remember till this day. I do have some favorite parts of the movie like when Dorothy gets trapped inside the cyclone and sees the witch for the first time. When I was little that part always used to scare me. Her dog Toto was the cutest dog I ever seen. As the movie goes on it goes from black and white to color. I actually

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