...nevertheless can enchant; Dorothy's friends believe in the gifts the Wizard bestows upon them. Oz is a breathtaking world, yet Dorothy yearns to return to the bleakness of Kansas; Baum celebrates both opposing environments. There are good witches and bad witches, North and South and East and West, the first chapter mirrors the last chapter, Dorothy is disappointed by the Wizard twice. There is also a very repetitive cast to the writing. Each of the characters explains their wish to the Wizard in the same way, one after the other. Each of them is told the same thing by the Wizard. When Dorothy talks to her friends they often answer her one after the other. The Wicked Witch sends her minions out one after the other. The Wizard meets with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion one after the other, their experiences and conversations proceeding in the exact same fashion. Baum's use of repetition provides structure and order to a fantastical book. It keeps the text sane and establishes the irrefutable reality of Oz and the events transpiring there. Page 15 / Simile – “It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.” Importance – This simile is important because it sums up how important Toto is in Dorothy’s life. Everything surrounding Dorothy in Kansas was boring and gray, including the grass, the paint on her house, and even the faces of her aunt and...
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...The attractiveness in the unattractive scarecrow in the poem “Corvine metaphor” by Richard Fain Name: Teodora Gercheva Course: English 210b Professor: Filitsa Mullen Date: 02/18/2011 The poem ‘’Corvene Metaphor’’ by Richard Fain reveals to us a real metaphoric world in which all the characters and roles are reversed and nothing is what it seems at first sight. The poem is a metaphor of life – such as it is or, more exactly, such as we imagine it to be. Atypical images of crows, scarecrows, and tomatoes present the general human motives of salvation, justice, sacrifice.Corvene’s metaphor speaks of what is the role of ordinary objects that had been turned into spiritual. Initially, the poem introduces us to a dark world from which negativism emanates.The first image introducing the character of the scarecrow is unpleasant and sacrificial. ‘’A scarecrow is mounted... arms extended like crucified Jesus... a murder of cacophonous crows .“ Directed by the author in the world of the...
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...11/26/2014 11/26/2014 Bambanti festival Written report Bambanti festival Written report Colorful scarecrows filled the streets of Ilagan City, Isabela at the province's Bambanti Festival every January. The provincial government of Isabela also aimed to attract investors to the province, the country’s biggest grower of corn and mongo and second top producer of rice. Among the attractions at the festival were the 12-feet-tall giant scarecrows, a Festival King and Queen tilt, street dances and the staging of the musical “Mahiwagang Isabela.”. Isabela's 3 cities and 34 towns set up agro-ecotourism booths in the provincial capitol’s grounds to promote their products and tourist spots. Bambanti Festival - Honoring the bountiful harvest of the province and its emerging agro-industrial prowess, Isabela celebrates the Bambanti (Scarecrow) Festival. The festivity showcases the scarecrow dancing spectacles and agricultural booths. The municipalities and cities exhibit their respective culture, beliefs, traditions, origins and products. Annually, the event can drew at least 250,000 crowds all over the Cagayan Valley Region, the biggest in the history of annual festivities in the region. It has become Isabela’s showcase of its rich cultural heritage and pristine natural beauty that made this province as the socio-cultural hub of the north. Bambanti" is an ilukano word for scarecrow. It is known to be a truly world class celebration in the valley. Bambanti festival was held at the same...
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...defining Populism. The three characters Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion help to define it. The Tin Woodman in the book and movie was the character that “did not” have a heart. The Tin Woodman was made up of all tin to represent that he was a hard worker. During this period laborer had to work hard or they would be fire. Many workers started working harder than ever and basically becoming the machines. This shows how Populist view of evil Eastern influence on honest labor which could hardly be more pointed. The one thing bad about being made of all tin is that when it rains you start to rust. From the point of being a worker over time you start to put too much on your body and your body starts to give out. The Lion in the book and movie was the character that wanted to have courage. The Lion represents Bryan himself. In 1896 Bryan lost the election to become the Eastern laborer. Bryan feels like he lost because his competitor pressured the voters by having all of his workers believe in him. The Lion was being used to show the importance of silver. Silver is worth a lot and should be used for important things. Neither did the Lion or Bryan understand this concept. Baum shows that Dorothy is adventurist and has fantasy to the real world of heartbreak and desolation through the power of silver. Silver was powerful to everyone no matter what social class you were in. The Scarecrow in the book and movie that wants to have real brains to replace...
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...the Batcave plays in helping Bruce Wayne use his childhood phobia of bats to his combative advantage. Additionally, I will draw on both Foucault’s concept of the panopticon, as well as Derry’s notion that with religious objects what you see is not what you get, to show how both bats and the blue flower function as weapons of fear. The belief of Batman Begins is two pronged: on the one hand it hints at the disastrous effects fear can have on people’s lives and on the other it shows how this vulnerability to fear can be exploited. The first fifteen minutes of the movie establish the paralyzing effects fear has on the protagonist, Bruce’s, life. After falling down a well and being attacked by a hoard of bats, 10 year old Bruce acquires a fear of those creatures in spite of being assured by his father that the bats attacked him simply because they themselves were afraid. Not much later, Bruce accompanies his parents to the opera where the actors dressed as bats invoke his deep set fear prompting him to ask his parents to leave early and involuntarily facilitating their murder at the hands of a street criminal. It can be argued that Bruce’s...
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...Toto, and end up “over the rainbow” in another world. That causes Dorothy to be swept into a Land of Oz and now she struggle to find her way back to Kansas. And now she is in the place that she wished before. When Dorothy and Toto arrived the land Oz they meet the habitants of Munchkin and Glinda the good Witch of the North who give Dorothy the Ruby Slippers saying “They belong to her to use as she will”. The Wicked Witch of the West show up and then threaten Dorothy. As a result Dorothy and Toto travel down the yellow brick road in search of the emerald city to see and ask the wizard of Oz to send them home. During their long walk three new friends accompany them the scarecrow, tin man, and the cowardly lion. Now Dorothy is on the journey with her new companions that desire a gift from wizard. The Scarecrow for a brain, the Tin Man a heart, and the Coward Lion for courage. Along in the yellow road, the five characters are challenged by face the Wicked Witch who wants her sister ruby slippers back from Dorothy. Now they arrive in emerald city where the wizard promises to fulfill their wishes. The Wizard of Oz would help them, but he need the witch’s broomstick. The Wicked Witch army of flying winged monkeys captures Dorothy. Now Dorothy’s friends try to rescue her from the Wicked Witch. The servant of the...
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...I believe the Creators of the Scarecrow was trying to get people thinking. I'm not sure if I can say they were trying to evoke anger but I do think this evokes more questions. Many companies hide behind a all natural label but they continue to use products that are all natural on everything from our fruits and vegetable to meats and now even our beverages. To me the film operates on a visceral emotional design. When I first saw this commercial my thought was of the danger that our country is in. It is clear to say that many of the fast food restaurants do not care if you are getting food that is healthy or not. The focus is not on the long term effects of what this type of food will do to you but on the immediate satisfaction. So the creators...
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...Chipotle Mexican Grille, Inc. has always strived to show its ethics through integrity. Integrity is the state of being undivided or following a strong moral discipline continuously. Chipotle shows integrity through its value of the environment in addition to, its treatment of its employees, and clear communication, within and outside the company. By practicing its code of ethics, Chipotle has become successful and reputable as a business. Americans’ staple diet is anything unhealthy, fast, and cheap; Chipotle only changed the first quality in that staple. From organic non-GMO vegetables to free-range livestock for its meats, Chipotle understands that quality is not just about cost-value, it’s about good taste and healthy foods in addition to...
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...Devin Latham AP US History Taray 16 March 2016 Wizard of Oz The book Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a fictional novel about a young lady named Dorothy who lives with her aunt Em and uncle Henry on a farm in Kansas. On this said farm, one day a tornado comes through, destroying everything and picking up the house with Toto (Dorothy's dog) and Dorothy inside, while Dorothy tries to stay calm, as she falls asleep in the process. This slumber took her into a fantasy involving good witches and bad witches, munchkins, a Lion, a Tin Man, and a Scarecrow. While being suck in this dream land, Dorothy’s main goal is to find a way home, and along the process she meets as previously stated, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion. These characters...
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...Grant Seamster 3/20/12 Walter Lowe The Hollow Men: Headpiece Filled with Meaning Out of madness springs The Hollow Men, one of T.S. Eliot’s critically acclaimed poetic masterpieces. This poem has been analyzed over and over, and is so full of references to texts that it can be confusing to find a launching point. Just like most things in life, the beginning is a good start. T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Harvard, and went overseas to England for graduate school. It was here that he settled down, becoming a banker, and more importantly, writing poetry (Nobelprize.org). In the early and mid-1920’s, Eliot suffered from numerous nervous breakdowns, and during one of these breakdowns in 1925 the poem The Hollow Men was written. Using the archetypal literary school of criticism we will magnify the archetypes of hopelessness, desperation, misery, and despair throughout the work. The archetypal school of literary criticism determines a text’s meaning using cultural and psychological myths. Commonly used symbols such as crucifixion or the snake serve as a marker to delve deeper into the reading. Carl Jung, whose theory of a “collective unconscious”, has been accredited with founding this school of literary criticism. This Jungian theory claims literature imitates the “dream of humanity”, not life. Archetypal criticism splinters from the Formalist or New Criticism schools of literary criticism by approaching the work in the context it is read in, instead...
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...Yeats tormented inner persona where he writes about his true emotions towards ageing and his disgust of his and his desired lover, Maud Gonne’s physical state in old age. Firstly, Yeats presents his negative attitude towards ageing by idealising youth in his old age. As he looks upon a youthful Maud Gonne, he describes ‘and thereupon my heart was driven wild’. The lexical choice ‘wild’ emphasises Yeats’s uncontrollable and obsessional love towards Maud Gonne and how he feels that it has held him back in his old age. Yeats is left feeling bitter towards ageing as he reminisces about the memories of unrequited love in his old age. The hypnotising ABABACC rhyme scheme emphasises the hypnotic effect of Maud Gonne’s face and how Yeats is being drawn back into his youthful memories. This line mirrors the line ‘imagination and heart were driven so wild’ in the ‘Cold Heaven’, a similar poem where Yeats expresses the desire to be youthful and be with his lover Maud Gonne. The enjambment quickens the pace; hastening the inevitability of the truth that Maud Gonne wont return his love and be with him in his old age. Yeats wonders why he still has the ‘hot blood of youth crossed long ago;’ and why he has not moved on in his old age. The assonance emphasises the outpour of Yeats’s emotions and grief and shows how Yeats...
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...girl from Kansas named Dorothy Gale played by Judy Garland who dreams of another life. Dorothy lives on her auntie Emily (Clara Blandick) and uncle Henry’s (Charley Grapewin) farm, and has friends named “Hunk (Ray Bolger), Zeke (Bert Lahr) and Hickory (Jack Haley). All of the mentioned friends play a vital roles as The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and The Tin Man (Jack Haley)” in the film. (IMDb, n.d). At one point, Dorothy decides to run away and find a new life with her dog Toto. During a storm and trying to get back home, Dorothy finds herself in a strange place, The Land of Oz. The scene I have chosen to analyze is “The Cowardly Lion” staring Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Lion. The importance of each character in the scene is the Lion tries to seem brave, while the Tin Man and the Scare Crow are scared of him. Toto runs away from him and Dorothy saves Toto. She teaches the Lion a lesson on picking on people. That is when they learn the lion is really just a coward. The producers used a little bit darker lighting, which mad the background appear to be darker when the Lion was picking on the Tin Man and Scarecrow. The light casts shadows off of the characters, especially Toto. I feel that it helps the viewer relate to the menace the Lion is trying to portray. According to Geneseo Edu (n.d),...
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...“Wizard of Oz” Jerome Poindexter ENG 225: Introduction to Film Instructor: Wanda Deffenbaugh July 14, 2014 The movie the wizard of Oz is known as one of the most known movies in America for showing a real interesting storyline. The little girls end up in a beautiful nonrealistic world. This movie is known for its storyline but while watching the movie I have found many different types of themes. One of the themes I have noticed is a very simple that your dreams can come true. I realized this theme do to many factors in this storyline. All throughout the whole movie Dorthy, tin man, lion, and the scarecrow had set their goals to get to the wizard. Unable to get into the storm cellar in time, she runs to her room for safety. Dorothy is hit in the head by a broken window pane and becomes knocked out on her bed. She wakes up to discover the farm house is being carried aloft by the twister. As she looks out a window to watch the storm, she sees Miss Gulch also caught up inside, while simply pedaling her bicycle. To her horror, Gulch transforms before Dorothy's eyes into a cackling wicked witch on a broomstick. The farm house crash lands in the Technicolor world of Oz in Munchkin Land. Dorothy is greeted by Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, and the Munchkins, who treat her like a heroine, because her house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East. Her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, arrives. As she is about to claim the magic ruby slippers from her sister's feet...
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...Tamer Shublaq Fairytale B Mrs. Johnson 15 December 2013 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz A fairy tale is a kind of folklore or fable that has magical elements within the story, exhibited through the characters or the sequence of events. Fairytales contain magical elements that could include wizards, monsters, talking animals, or even magical helpers. Not only do fairytales contain character archetypes, but they also include situational archetypes such as quests, impossible tasks, or the triumphs of the poor. Although all fairytales have different plots, they are all extremely similar to each other due to the common motifs and archetypes that are present in all fairytale stories. To determine whether a story is a fairytale or not is incredibly easy because one can easily discover numbers of motifs and archetypes that are exhibited throughout the story. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a story about a girl named Dorothy who is sent to fulfill arduous tasks and lengthy quests in order to find her way back home. As she tries to find her return home, she has many rough encounters with evil but is assisted by various characters and eventually returns home safely. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz would be considered a fairytale because of the common motifs and archetypes that are present and consistent throughout the story. The motifs and archetypes in the story are the hero, the trickster, the talking animals or objects, the glorified human strength of kindness, and the guardian...
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...There was a time when I used to wear a cloak of lies, perfectly draped in hypocrisy. I was a traitor; traitor to my own self. The drive of being accepted and the fear of being judged had made me blind. I used to wear the mask the world desired to see me wear. I remember how I silently used to follow their path in spite of knowing that there was a pit waiting ahead of me; but I was too scared to break the silence. I was a slave of a world that never gave me anything, but still, even the thought of getting deserted by it brought shivers down my spine. For them, I was a shoe-sole which they used to dump when they felt that it was worn out. The worst part about it was that, despite of being aware of my true place in their sight, I quietly submitted to them. I was a coward. Any sane man would had questioned himself that why am I doing this to myself? What brings me to this state of this inescapable horror of world? An answer to these questions unveiled the other part of the story. I was flimsy and fragile, I believed that every adversity that exists is capable of crippling me down. Hence I needed others’ back in order to hide myself. However, the bitter reality was that they only used to stand by my side if I acted like their puppet. Then one day the same people whom I feared to lose, abandoned me. I had fallen in the same pit about which I had known about, whilst following them. The cave was dark and scary. I was lost and isolated. Day and night past by, but...
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