I should have known better. Movies are NEVER as good as the book! (Harry Potter fans might disagree.) What I saw in my head was much funnier, scarier, and more exciting than what I saw on the screen. Oh, well, if seeing the movie inspires someone to read the book, I guess that is a good thing.
It's not that I don't like movies. I love many movies. One of my favorites of all time is "The Wizard of OZ". You may not believe this, but there was a time when people didn't own movies. They had to see them in the theatre or on TV. The "Wizard of Oz" was (and still may be) shown on TV every year around Halloween. I watched it every year for about 25 years and knew every word and every song by heart. I still do... don't get me started...
The movie is based on a book titled "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. It was written in 1900, and is the first in a series of 14 books about the land of Oz. I am ashamed to admit that I have not read a single one of these books. SOoooooooo... I went to see "The Hobbit" last week and saw previews for "OZ - The Great and Powerful"!! Oh oh - another version of my favorite movie! How could it possibly be any good? Well, for one thing, the special effects are going to be a lot better than the ones from 1939. This one seems to be told from the Wizard's perspective, rather than from Dorothy's. That could be interesting.
I decided that it would be a good idea to read at least the first of the Oz books before this movie opens. I would like to know if the director used anything from the book that was not included in the original movie, and if the characters are anything like Mr. Baum meant them to be. There have been many versions of the Oz stories, many parodies, and many stories based on the characters in the land of Oz. Take a look at Wikipedia and you'll see a long list! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oz_books
This month, I'd like you to take a trip to the land of Oz by reading at least one chapter of any of the Oz books, or another version of The Wizard of Oz, or an article about the books or L. Frank Baum. Please share something that you learned with us. Be sure to include titles, websites, and/or links to what you found.
So, have Courage, follow the yellow brick road to the library or the internet, use your Brain and Heart to write a great post by January 31st!
I read the wonderful wizard of oz and it is pretty much the same as the movie in the first chapter except the house in the L. Frank Baum story is one room and the storm cellar is a trapdoor in the middle of the house that leads to a hole. But other than that there pretty much the same.
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Yes, and after that first chapter things get really different! Read through some of the comments below to see what happens later.
DeleteThanks for getting this started off so early!
I also read the wonderful wizard of oz i dont think it sound or looks like the movie
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Your comment needs a lot more information, Bryce!
Deletei read the road to oz i have not read or watched any thing about this oz topic before the first thing i noticed is that every one talks in slang and i thought that it had to do with a guy in a can but it had some old guy in it for the first 2 chapters i never finish reading the book it was really boring
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Sorry you thought it was boring! At least now you can be truthful when you say you don't like it.
DeleteDid you think that the Tinman was a guy in a can? (I don't know if the Tin Woodsman is in that book or not)
hi i read the wonderful wizerd of oz it was a little different from the movie and i didnt like that i wish i read a different version
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I read the first chapter "The wonderful wizard of Oz". I have never seen the movie so i cant compare the two.
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You don't have to write a comparison. Please go back to the assignment and read it again.
DeleteSorry, I'll try again. I read "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Dorothy lives in a basic one room house in Kansas with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and dog Toto. One morning, Uncle Henry heard a gust of wind and told the three to go into the storm cellar for a cyclone was coming. While hiding in the cellar, Dorothy was terrified something would happen to her. After waiting and hearing the gusts of wind so long, she fell asleep.
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So, my next question: Did she dream the rest of the story (like in the movie) or did it really happen?
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I read the first chapter of "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" I think that the movie was better beacause of the storm cellar being outside was better than having it as a trapdoor in the middle of the house.
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I'd bet that having the storm cellar under the house was probably more accurate, but wouldn't look as good in the movie. Remember that Dorothy couldn't get into it and went back into the house? What happened to the people in the cellar (in the book) when the cyclone picked up the house?
Deletei saw the movie to it was great just like the book.
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I read Chapter XI in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. This is the point where Dorothy and her "new" friends make it to The Emerald City. They see that everything was green, even the sky! Not ever reading the books but seeing the play 1,000 times, I always thought that the slippers were ruby red in the books, as well as the play and the movie. Turns out, in the books they're silver. Who knew, right. Unlike the play and the movie, they four friends had to go in alone, one per day. However, they were all told to do the same thing. Another different thing, the friends all saw Oz as a different thing. First the huge head we all know about, and then a beautiful lady, next was a hairy monster, finally was huge ball of fire.
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Wow! You picked a great chapter to read! So many differences from the movie!
DeleteI love that part about the 4 people seeing Oz as a different thing! Do you think it's the thing they were most afraid of?
I read the XI chapter of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I love Toto! He is adorable. Does anybody know what type of dog he is? (I hate to say it but i have never seen the movie which is surprising because my aunt LOVES those kinds of movies.) When I read this chapter it was very good and weird so I think I might want to see the movie! The weirdest part of this chapter was that the main color was GREEN! (thats my favorite color) When I say the main color is green I mean green. Green hair, green eyes, the sun rays were green, the doormats were green even green people!
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Am I aloud to comment on your post? well, Toto is a yorkie (:
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Thanks Maggie!
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I think now that you've read this, you HAVE to watch the movie! You might be disappointed in the way they show the Emerald City, though. Not everything is green!
DeleteI have been reading The Wizard Of Oz by L.Frank Baum. I have only read the first chapter so far but it's really good so far. I have read up to the part when Dorothy an Toto just got tooken away in the house by the twister, right now I am starting to read the second chapter "The Concil of Munchkins".She just had met the three little men and older women and that's how far I have gottin' well now I am going to read more byeeeeeeeeeee!
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So glad you're enjoying it! Read on!!
DeleteI will it's a great book!
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I read an artical on the Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by l.Frank Baum and illustrated by .W.W. Denslow.The artical pretty much explains how Dorothy is a younge orphaned girl. Raised by her Uncle Henry and Her Aunt Em in the bleak landscape of a Kansas farm.
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DeleteI read chapter VI in The Wizard of Oz. I read the part where they met the cowardly lion. It was kind of weird since I did'nt really know what was going on but I got the concept of it. They were walking down the road when they heard a huge roar and a lion came out of the forest. With one swipe of his paw he knocked the scare crow out of the road. Then the tinman was on the side of the road and then Toto was charging at the lion and the lion opened it's mouth and Dorothy only had to hit the lion's nose and the lion closed his mouth. Then Dorothy had to talk to lion about how much of a coward he is and the lion knows he is a coward. At the end of the conversation the lion asks if he can go to the wizard of Oz so he can get courage so he can be happy again.
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What a sissy! (In the movie, he even refers to himself as a "dandelion")That chapter sounds exactly like the movie!
DeleteThe Great Wizard of Oz i havent read all the way the consept is that there is Dorthy and she gets knoked ot and is in a dream, then she sees a scare crow and he starts talking to her then she freaks out and he has been hung on the post so long it is hard for him to walk the. On there way to the Wisard of Oz they hear a roar it is the cowerdly lion and he scares the scare crow and Dorthy hits the lion on the head because he is being mean and rude then on there way they see the tin man and he cant move, and next to them is a oil can and they put it on the rusty parts then they all start going, then the witch comes and made them fall asleep potion and she keeps tricking them and they find there way but they get in trouble alot. ----------------
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I read the first chapter of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. It was first just describing Dorothy's life, how she lives in Kansas with he aunt and uncle in a a house with only one room. She has a dog named Toto (who has been my favorite character since i saw the movie!) she talked a lot about Toto, how he wasn't very fond of there home, he walked in circles. She also spoke of how if you looked outside all she could see is prairie, and it kind of hinted a little boredom. I want to read this book now, I'm kind of pulled in to the story...
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It sounds like Dorothy is pretty bored and ready for an adventure! Keep reading!
DeleteI read chapter 11 of the book version from L. Frank Baum, on literature.org. Wow! It is very different from the old movie. It is about the emerald city. You find out that dorothy and the others see the wizard alone. The wizard appears differently to each of them. He is a giant head to dorothy, a green lady to scarecrow, a beast for tin man, and a ball of fire to lion. There are no ruby slippers. They are silver. No munchkins, the little people are called winkies. No horse of a different color. There are no animals in Oz. Everything is green and decorated in emeralds still. Maggie is right, it does draw you in and I think I might read the whole book.
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Wow - so many differences! It hardly seems like the same story! Let me know if you read all of it!
Deletei read the first few chapters of The Wizard of Oz book and was supriesed that it as so similar to the movie (with a few exeptions such as the trapped the door like kyle mentioned above .)I would like to finish reading these books if i can find my kindle. One thing i did not enjoy about th movie "Return To Oz" is that dorthy wa acctualy younger than she was in the first movie, but i know that things change and people do too so...
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I never saw "Return to Oz" but it would bother me to see a younger Dorothy in part 2 also! Dorothy was supposed to be much younger than the actress who played her (Judy Garland) so maybe that's why we think she was older. Most people think that the first chapters are simiar to the movie, but later on there are many differences. Have you read any more?
DeleteI read chapter 1 the cyclone. It was about a girl who lived in the midst of the great Kansas Prairies with her uncle Henry and aunt Em. This chapter [The Cyclone] was about a small hole dug in the ground called a "Cyclone Cellar". This cellar was for when the whirlwinds arose they wouldnt die or get hurt, because the whirlwinds blow down houses.
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Yup, that's what cyclones do! Scary!
Deletei have read and seen both the wizard of oz and iv seen alot of movies and more than 3/4 of the movies were mosly not the same and this on of the the book is one more discriptive and the book has some parts the movie does not have
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Tell me about a part in the book that is not in the movie!
DeleteI read the wonderful wizard of oz and this was the pop up one its so creative well anyway i read the chapter about how dorthy lost her little dog toto beacuse the evil witch took him and on the way to going to find toto dorthy found some people , the lion,tin woodman,scarecrow they all helped her find her lost dog toto they were all so nice this story is so like the movie its like exactly the same
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I've never seen that version, but I love pop-up books. Do you have it at home?
DeleteI see a big difference between this story and the original: Dorothy's quest is to find her lost dog, rather than to get back home. Why do you think that an author would change the story that much?
Ya i have it at home maybe i can bring it in sometime. Maybe the author wanted to have people pick there favorite my favorite is the pop-up one cause the book is creative with the pop-up and also cause how the story is written.
DeleteI can't wait to see it!
DeleteI read the chapter the cowardly lion. I chose to read this chapter because he (the lion) is my favorite character. In the story it said that the lion is scared of things that he scares away which I think is pretty funny. The best part I think is when Toto charges at the lion and scares the lion. When it should be the other way around. If I needed to pick the best chapter out of all the ones I've read this one would be my favorite.
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I've always really liked that part too. Go, Toto!! I felt bad for the lion, but he was hard to travel with because he was always crying and complaining!
DeleteI read chapter 22 in the Wizard of Oz. It was about when Dorothy comes home and tells her Aunt about the Wizard of Oz. In the movie she wakes up in bed and everyone in her dream comes to see if she was all right but the people in her dream are the people she knows and loves. In the book she runs toward her Aunt as she watering the cabbages. There are no other people around.
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So, you mean in the book, it wasn't a dream??
DeleteShe actually went to Oz and then came back to Kansas? Wild! Which end do you like better?
I read the first chapter of the "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. In this chapter, Dorothy, Toto, and her Uncle are watching the sky, and Dorothy's Uncle says that there's a cyclone coming. He goes to check on the animals and get ready. Dorothy's Aunt screams at Dorothy to get into the cellar. After that, the house is swept up off the cellar and is in the eye of the cyclone. Now it's just Dorothy and Toto together in the house with no one else. After about an hour, she decides to go to sleep. That is chapter one of the book. It's about the same as the movie except the book doesn't have Dorothy pedaling wildly on her bicycle with the dog to get home to the farm, and I wonder if the rest of the book will be like the movie, too.
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So in the book she didn't meet Professor Marvel (who turns out to be the wizard)? I wonder why the movie director thought that was necessary. What do you think?
DeleteI read the first chapter of he wizard of Oz by L. Frank Buam. In the first capter everybody is watching the sky and they see something. When it comes closer they start feeling the wind and seeing the cyclone. Dorotheys aunt starts yelling at everybody to get inside the cellar. Dorothey checks the animals and when she gets to the cellar the door is shut and she can't get in. She gos in the house and falls asleep. That is all that is in the first chapter.
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DeleteWait a minute -- there is a cyclone coming and Dorothy goes in the house and falls asleep??? That can't be right! Go back and read that again.
DeleteI read The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Buam. I read the beggining and it seemed s it was some what different to the movie. The basic suff was the same though. Dorothy seemed younger and the house seemed different. Ms.Piazzi, which one was made first, this book or the movie? Well, based on the begginig, I enjoyed the book and hope to read mor and maybe finish it!
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The book was written first. Dorothy was supposed to be a lot younger than the actress who played her.
DeleteI hope that you read more of it!
I remember when I was younger I was dying to see the wizard of oz. My parents finally decided to buy me one of the many versions. I read it, It was awesome. it is filled with adventure, fantasy, and thoughts and feelings (which make good childrens book. Buts its not ''just'' a child book. Anybody can read it! from ages 3-93 anybody will enjoy this perky book! When I was around 8 I had the chance to see a reanactment at Somersworth High. I loved it. I wonder how they had Toto to keep calm on stage with about 150 people watching him flaunt around on stage. I am going to barns and noble soon! I hope to buy the newest copy they got!
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That was one well-trained dog! They had a good one in the Prescott Park production too.
DeleteI'm glad that you liked the book and realized that it's not just a children's book. People say that L. Frank Baum was actually writing about politics and the government (check the Wikipedia entry on Wizard of Oz).
i read the wounderful wizard of oz. and i read chapter one. Dorithy is living with her aunt,uncle and toto :). there is a tornado comming and the house pops outof the groung and stars spining and toto goes out of the trap door and dorithy catches him by the ear (poor thing!)
ReplyDeletei leard the houses in Kansis have trap doors. how cool is that!
:) Liv B.
Yes, a trap door in every house! They have lots of tornadoes, unfortunately!
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I read the chapter about the cowardly lion and the hunery tiger. It was sooo funny . When i was reading it i herd a lot more charctors then there was in the movie whitch really suprised me. My faveriot part was when he said "What i am hungery for is a few fat babies. Then perhaps the people od oz would fear me more." it was so funny but also a little sad :(
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That IS funny, because we know, of course, that he would never dare to eat a baby! I was surprised by all of the characters that weren't in the movie too!
DeleteI read the book Little Wizard Stories Of Oz, i read the chapter The Scarecrow and the Tinwoodman. It was about two best friends and they lived in the land of oz and one day scarecrow went to the Tinmans house and they decided to take a boat ride on the river and started of there adventure. Then they came to a smaller river that flowed from out a deep forest and the Tinwoodman suggested to go down that river. The Scarecrow was steering and he turned onto that river, then they continued to talk and enjoy the boat ride. They were so interested in talking that they did not notice that they were now going through the deep forest and the streem was growing more narrow and crooked. Then the Scarecrow saw a big rock sticking out of the water and he said look out but it was to late they already hit the rock and as they bumped into the rock the Tinwoodman fell into the water and sank to the bottom. The scarecrow tried to dive in there but he could not go as deep as the Tinwoodman was because he was so light because he was made out of straw. Then all of a sudden he herd some crows abd he went over there and said please,please i need help my friend has sunken to the bottom of that river. They suggested that they tie a string to his joints and we can all pull him out and they did not succeed when they tried a couple times but finally the did. it was really interesting and i hope u guys like it.
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I think I need to read some of these books - that one sounds great! Thanks for telling us about it.
Deletei like those types of books and u might to that one was great and your welcome.
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mrs piazzi, i reading 3 books right now (harry potter,bigger than a bread box and come in seabiscit) so, lets put a pin in it. :)
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I have seen the Wizard of Oz at first it was weird but then it was interesting.
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Sam, you haven't done the assignment yet. Please look back at my post to see what it is.
DeleteIn third grade i tried to read The Wizard of Oz after I had seen the movie. It was too hard for me. Now that I am forced to read it, I read the introduction and first chapter. I enjoyed it and it was surprisingly similar to the movie.
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P.S. How old is Dorothy? I was wondering this because the way the book decribed her makes her seem a lot younger than the movie did? I would like to see how old L. Frank Baum wanted her to be.
ReplyDeleteThat's an excellent observation! She is supposed to be much younger than the actress who played her (I think she was 22 at the time). Didn't he tell Dorothy's age in the first chapter?
DeleteI have read The Wizard of OZ, and was really interested in it that I wanted to read more of it and it seemed like a really good book for me. It was interesting that the parents forgot dorothy. It also wwas interesting to me because it was weird that a cyclone could pick up a house and swoop it away to OZ.
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Well, I don't think a cyclone could carry a house to OZ, since it's a fictional place, but could a cyclone pick up a house in one piece? Could you find that out?
DeleteI Love the wizard of Oz movies, as well as the books. There is a movie called "Return To Oz", Which I highly consider watching if you have a chance. Perhaps i shall bring it in... My favorite character is the Cowardly lion. Waht does Dorothy call him? And in return to Oz, I like Ozma! She is sooo cool! About to go read a wizard of Oz book! Woohoo! Then, after success, it's back to the insane asylum, where I will read my own Oz books! :)
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I don't know anything about this Ozma character. I have some reading to do!! Isn't it nice that you have books to escape to?
DeleteI read the road to oz and the illustrations are very different to me and thier mostly made up of squiggly lines and swirles.the book started differently than the movie it started out with Dorothy and the shaggy man, when the shaggy man wants to know how to get to butterfield and dorothy told him how to get there and she calls him stupid and personally thats very mean. Well i like the movie better (i personally dont really like the books for the wizard of oz)
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The reason that it's different from the movie is that this isn't the book that the movie is based on.
DeleteI agree that it is mean for Dorothy to call the Shaggy Man stupid. It seems like he asked a reasonable question. I wonder why she thought that it would be OK to do that? (Maybe the author wanted us to see how mean it sounds when we say things like that...)
I read "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". I'm sure you already know the storyline, but I'll tell you that in the first chapter I learned about Dorothy, her dog Toto, her uncle, and her aunt. In the story they realize that a storm is coming on, but before Dorothy can make it to the trapdoor that leads to their tiny basement something strange happens. The house start to go up. Dorothy waits in the house for a long time. I don't know what's going to happen though. I liked this because it was very descriptive and suspenseful.
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DeleteI read the book the wonderful wizard of OZ and I thought that it was good because it had a good story like the movie.
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Deletewell I read the wonderful wizard of oz I read the second chapter where dorthey meets the munchkins.
ReplyDeleteI never had relized dorthey killed the wicked witch of the east! well on accident any way.
either it was left out of the movie or I didn't pay attention that much. hmmmm...
~Zach C~
You don't remember the part about the house falling on her? And the shoes sticking out? And the witch yelling, "WHO KILLED HER? WHO KILLED MY SISTER? WAS IT YOU????" eeeeeeeekkkk - my favorite part!
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DeleteIt's too scary to forget, Zach!
DeleteI read chapter 1 of Dorothy and Wizard In Oz. I found it on Wikipedia list of all books for Oz. This book starts off with an earthquake taking Dorothy away instead of a tornado. I thought the chapter of this book was really good and I might just read the entire book.
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Poor Dorothy, she just can't seem to stay away from natural disasters! I think you should keep reading to find out what else happens to her!
DeleteAfter all the five Wizard of Oz books (1 chapter each) that I have read this far into the month none of them really amused me. (Well, probably because I've seen the movie and read book before.) What should I do for my blog comment I've thought for days and days...finally it hit me I'll try to find like a basic summary of the new movie; Oz the Great and Powerful! So I searched and searched and finally came across a website called http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oz_the_great_and_powerful/. I found the perfect summary and here it is;Movie Info
ReplyDeleteDisney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great wizard but into a better man as well. When small-time magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) pulls one flimflam too many, he finds himself hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz where he must somehow transform himself into the great wizard-and just maybe into a better man as well. -- (C) Walt Disney
Wow kind of like a boy Dorothy! I'm very excited to see the movie! I can't wait till March 8th!
~Nicole
I am so glad you shared that summary with me, Nicole. I didn't know if I would like to see another version of this story, but you pointed out that the wizard was actually like Dorothy. Now I can't wait to see it!
DeleteI read chapter 10 in Ozma of Oz. It's called "The Giant with the Hammer". It is nowhere near the same as the original Wizard of Oz. It's about Dorothy and her army. They are traveling on the yellow brick road to see the great Oz. But the wicked witch of the west sends a Giant with a hammer to block their path. Every few seconds the giant would lift his hammer in the air and slam it down. Dorothy and her army would wait til the giant lifted his hammer, and then run under it before he smashed it back down. First of all, there is no giant hammer dude in the real story, and there is no army. Dorothy travels only with the lion, tin man, and the scarecrow. Also, there is no Toto in the story. She finds a yellow hen in the beginning, and brings it along the way. I like the original story better. This one is more scary and gruesome.
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Wait a minute, Paige, this IS one of the "real" Oz stories. Baum wrote 14 of them, and only one got made into a movie. The book that the movie was based on is the first in the series, titled, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The one you're talking about DOES sound pretty scary! I might like it!
DeleteI haven't seen the movie since I was about 4 yrs old (and i slept through most of it) so I never new the Wizard was just a normal guy (i feel kinda stupid now because according to my 6 yr old brother, everyone knows that) I guess I'll have to see the movie now!!!!
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Don't worry - not everyone knew that! I guess your brother stayed awake for the movie, though!
Deleteacctually, i got no clue how he knows that, we dont own the movie and we dont got cable. (plz excuse my improper grammer)
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I started out with the intent to read just Chapter 1 of "The Wizard of Oz". I got so hooked just from the first chapter, that I read the whole book in 3 days (My mom downloaded the book onto our computer from www.books.google.com/books).
ReplyDeleteIn the movie, the Lion, the Tinman and the Scarecrow protected Dorothy from being killed by the Wicked Witch of the West and also help her to kill the witch in the end. In the book, Dorothy saves herself. Her friends can't save her. In Chapter 12, when they are searching for the Witch, the Tin Woodman was taken by the Winged Monkeys and dropped from very high up into an area covered with sharp, jagged rocks. He was hurt very badly and couldn't move. The Winged Monkeys then pulled out all of the straw of the Scarecrow so he also couldn't move. The Lion was kidnapped (with Dorothy)where he was to be used as a slave in the witches castle. So Dorothy is alone and has to figure out how to save herself and does by pouring a bucket of water on the Wicked Witch, just like in the movie.
I really liked this book and am looking forward to reading more of the series.
Grace R.
Wooohooo! I was hoping that would happen! Fourteen books should give you lots to enjoy! I'm so glad you liked it, Grace!
DeleteI read the wizard of oz in the first grade second grade then again in forth. I love that book. The funny thing is is that i hated the movie. There a re a lot of differences in the movie and book. I want to read the other books because i loved the first one so much.
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DeleteSo, have you read any more of them this month?
DeleteI read "The Wizard of Oz", one of the older ones, in third grade. I thought it was a great book and really easy to understand, but it had a lot of differences from the movie. For example, there was still about a quarter of the book left after they killed Wicked Witch of the West, telling what happened to the Lion and the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. The plot was still about the same though. If you only read a chapter from this book then I would definetly suggest reading the rest.
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DeleteYes, you read this in third grade. So what did you read this month?
DeleteI read The Road To Oz. In the first chapter, Dorothy meets a shaggy man who asks her the way to the Butternut Fields. Dorothy go's inside to get her hat while the shaggy man takes some apples. When Dorothy shows him the way, the man go's in a different direction because he didn't want to go to the Butternut Fields. After, Dorothy gets lost and go's on an adventure with the shaggy man.
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Well, that sounds like a wild story. Why did the shaggy man ask for directions to Butternut Fields if he didn't want to go there? Does he have a brain, or is he like the scarecrow?
DeleteI read chapter 11 ot the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. and you would not beleive how many differences there was. For one thing the famous ruby red slippers anr actually a grayish silvery color, and the little munchkins are now winkeys. and there are no flying monkeys or any animals in this version of the Wizard of Oz.But the next fact is what i found to be the most interesting:the wizard appears different to all of the charecters. To dorathy it is a giant head but to the lion it is a gret ball of fire.I really like this book and plan on reading more.
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Remember, the book was written first! The movie producer made all of the changes. I like the idea of the wizard looking different to all of the characters. How do you think the author felt when he saw the movie?
DeleteI read chapter 1 in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum. In the beginning of the chapter it explains where she lives and who she lives with. (Uncle Henry and Aunt Em.) Then Uncle Henry sees the long grass blowing in the wind and realizes, its a cyclone. Unfortunately, Toto (the dog) hides under her bed a Dorothy goes inside side to get him. Once she grabs Toto, the house is already in the air. Hours passed and Dorothy decides to fall asleep.
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In the movie, the house wasn't in the air that long. Now I see why Dorothy went to sleep. I wonder if at the end of the book, she wakes up and realizes it was all a dream. I never liked that about the movie. I think it's a cheap way to end a story!
DeleteI read all the way to chapter 2 and loved it. In the beginning Dorothy tells how she lives. She tells how gray everything is and how when she was younger Aunt Em would go crazy because of how happy she was. Everything was gray, the grass, the house, the sky, the clouds, everything. Then one day her Uncle Henry realizes a cyclone is coming and they need to go to the basement and hide. Dorothy looks around for her beloved dog Toto and he is hidden under the bed. She runs to him and grabs him as Aunt Em panics! The hide in the basement then all of a sudden the house lifts off the ground and Dorothy falls back. Then they come out of the basement and she lays on her bed and decides to take nap. Wether it was in her dreams or not she ended up in the LAnd of Munchkins. They all thank her for killing the wicked with of the west. She has never killed anything and is very confused. They tell her than when her house lifted up the wicked which was underneath and when it came down it killed her! Then she meets the Which of the north (I don't really remember which one it was) and she it told the horrible things that the Wicked Witch of the West has done.
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What a great story! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Have you read any more?
DeleteI have read more but I forget which chapter that I ended at! The chapters on a nook are not like normal chapter beginnings!
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Great - enjoy!
DeleteI learned that Dorathy had silver shoes not red ones. The lion became king of a forest. the tin woodman became king of people. Dorathy was able to go home the whole time.
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I guess the film maker didn't think that silver shoes would be dramatic enough. At that time, most movies were black and white, so they would have looked pretty ordinary. I'm glad they changed them to red!
DeleteToday in class me and Griffin read the Wizard of Oz. In the book Dorety meets three friends and is trying to find The Wizard Of Oz. They want to find the Wizard so he can give Lion courage, Tin Woodman fuel, Scare Crow a brain, and Dorety a way home. Dorety and her friends are told to follow a yellow brick road and it will lead them to the Wizard. After a londg time on there path they, like almost every book or movie, run into a problem. The Wicked Witch of the West. The witch sends out flying monkeys to attack the all four of the characters. After that mess dorety and her friend find them selves at the Emrald City. There they found the Wizard and got what they whised for. Lastly Dorehty said good by kicked her feet together and poof she was home.
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You didn't read all of that in one day, did you? You would have had to read the entire book. That sounds like a summary of the movie. I wanted to hear about what you had read!
DeleteThe book I read was "The Patchwork Girl of Oz". I chose to read chapter 1. What I read was about a young boy named Ojo and his Uncle Nunkie. They were eating and about to be on their way to Munchkin Country so they can find food to pass around. The only food they ate in The Land of Oz was loaves of bread that grew on the tree in their backyard.
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I'd like to have a tree like that! I wonder if there were different kinds of bread trees... it would be very tiring to eat only one thing all the time!
DeleteI read some of that book too. Did you read any more of it?
A couple of days ago me and dylan.A read the first chapter of The Wizard Of Oz. So far we have learned that Dorothy lives in a very dull meadow wear the sun has turned everything gray. One day a huge cyclone hits their house and wile she is trying to save her dog she and her dog get trapped in the cyclone. She is in the middle of the cyclone so it is not as windy as it would be if she were to be in the outer part. After she has been in there for a while her fear subsides and builds up the courage to look outside. When she walks over to the open trap door her dog follows her. Here dog loses his grip and falls through but the air keeps him from falling. She lifts him back into the house, goes over to her bead, and falls asleep.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that you would have had the courage to open that trap door? I don't know if I would have!
DeleteEveryone has mentioned that Dorothy went to sleep. I don't know if I would have done that either. How about you?
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ReplyDeleteI read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In chapter 1 it tells how Dorothy lives with her family in a small one room house. Her dad is sitting outside and tells them to go to the storm cellar. He goes to tend to the stock and leaves it to Dorothy and her aunt to get safely to the cellar. Dorothy goes to get Toto but then the tornado lifts the house and Dorothy and then she falls asleep.
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Would you fall asleep if your house was being tossed around by a cyclone? I don't think that I would be able to sleep through that!
Deletein class i read the wonderful wizard of oz. i really liked reading it because it has more detail then the movie. i read chapter one and i hope to read more of the book ~Abby~
ReplyDeleteGreat -- I hope you do!
DeleteI read the first chapter of THE MAGIC OF OZ. I learned that there is a mountain called MOUNT MUNCH, right next to Munchkin Country. People called the Hyups live on Mount Munch but the Munchkins don't know it. Ozma, the leader of Oz, made a law that only Glinda the Good witch and the Wizard of Oz could do magic.
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I love the name Hyups! Mr. Baum had a fantastic imagination, didn't he? Kind of like Roald Dahl....
DeleteI read The Wizard of Oz chapters one and two. When I was reading I read the part about when the tornado comes and takes the house to Oz. Before that it talked about how Toto fell out of the house and Dorothy was worried and that Toto was gone. A few minutes later Toto rose to the door that flew away. Dorothy then grabbed him inside the house.
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Well, that's pretty funny! It must have been horrifying when he fell out! I always worried about him when I watched the movie because he was looking out the window at the things flying by.
DeleteI read the beggining of the Wizard of Oz when Dorathy and Toto are swooped up in a tornado. There Auntie Em and uncle are unscathed because the former was in the twister shelter and the latter, in the barn to cope with the animals. He was prepared because, after all there are many storms in Kansas. Sadly, Toto and Dorathy are not and get hurled to Oz after about an hour inside the eye of the tornado only to come face to face in the land of the munchkins.
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DeleteI wonder why the barn wasn't harmed by the twister. I have always worried about the animals, though, so I'm glad they were unscathed.
DeleteDo you think that you would be able to fall asleep if your house was been tossed around like that? I doubt that I would!
I read the 1st chapter of the Wizared of Oz. The differences between the first part of the movie and the book was that there was WAY more description in the book. The book said that Dorthy was adopted. In the movie Dorthy seemed like she was 16 or maybe 17, but in the book she seemed like she was 8-10 yeers-old. Also in the the book they said that when the house was in the twister it took hours for the house to come back down to Oz; so long that Dorthy fell alsleep, but in the movie it only took a few minutes for the house to land. In the book the good witch of the north doesn't come flying in on a bright pink bubble :( also the shoes are silver not ruby-red. In the book the witch takes a long time to figure out that Dorthy should take the yellow brick road to Kansas. But in all I think that I like the book a little bit better.
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You are very observant! Can you imagine how long the movie would be if it was just like the book?
DeleteYou are right about Dorothy's age. She is much older in the movie. The actress playing her was 22, and the character was supposed to be 14 or 15. She is much younger in the books!
I read the first chapter of the book with Travis C and i thought that watching the play of the book helped me understand more about the first chapter. i have read the book before but it was way different fom the book i read for this than before. I thought that the book was okay and it got me thinking that what if that could happen in real life and you can get telaported into a different world but then i found out it was fiction so that question flew right out of my head.
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Where did you see the play? Every version I've seen on stage has been just like the movie, and not like the book at all.
DeleteI agree that it would be great if we could be teleported like on Star Trek! You have to keep thinking about these things, because even though it's fiction now, it might someday be real. You might be the one to figure out how to do it!
I read chapter 1. Not just because it's where it starts, but because it felt right. I've got to say it's not like the veggie tales or Phinis and Ferb versions, last time i saw those, i was what like 2?
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I'm sure it wasn't like Veggie Tales -- hopefully it was better! You really didn't say what you thought about it.
ReplyDeleteI read a chapter of the wizard of Oz it was very different then the movie and the other Wizard of Oz book I read last year.
ReplyDeleteThis Wizard of Oz had better description and showing what the whole movie is about. Found more about the point of the story with this book. I hope other people will read this book. It was more interesting than the movie.
Alie Santin
Yes, they usually are! Great discovery!
DeleteI read chapter one in the book Ozma of Oz. I learned what the word billows means. Billows are like giant waves.I don't think it's like the real movie because the beginning takes place on a boat. I thought the book was good so far though.
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The movie tells the story in the first Oz book, "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ". Each of the Oz books has a different adventure in it.
DeleteAt least you learned a new word!
I read Tick-Tock Of Oz. Most books I read I give more of a chance but I really don't like The Wizard Of Oz.I read one chapter and have seen the movie.I don't like either.I find it very random. In one phrase it says "Queen Ann of Oogaboo knows how to make jelly". I don't understand what that has to do with anything.So all in all, I do not like The Wizard Of Oz.
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I think it's very important to know how to make jelly! (I guess you don't). Oh well, we don't all like the same things! At least you gave it a try.
DeleteI read the chapter about the cowardly lion. I liked it because he had the couage to admit that he was a coward but don't think he is a coward i just think he nice enough to not kill anything and he is a kind lion. :D
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I guess if you're a lion, and you think you're supposed to be the king of beasts, you might think you were a coward if you didn't want to kill anything. It does take courage to admit your faults, though. Great observation!
DeleteI read the part about the courdly lion and if he is nice anough to not kill anything and that makes him a courd thats not true.And I will read the rest of the book
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I agree; read my reply to Emma's comment above. I hope you read and enjoy the rest of the book!
DeleteI have been reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I got it on my nook, so I am going to read it all. So far it is really good, were i am Dorothy has already got to see the wizard. But i am not going to say what happends. Mostly, this book is like the movie, but ther is little things that are different. For example, the witch does not send flying monkeys. She sent more than one thing too. But that is all I am going to say.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for not spoiling it for others, Lulu. I'm glad that you are enjoying it! Do you think you'll read other books in the series?
DeleteI forget which particular book I read, but I saw that the book was the original writing, but with pictures. I read 2 chapters, and discovered that the book is nothing like the movie. There is no "Auntie Em! Auntie Em!" or things blowing outside the of the home when Dorothy and Toto get swept up into the twister. In the book, they even called it a cyclone. I read on to find that I like the book much better than the movie, because it is so detailed.
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Yes, there are many differences. Twister is a synonym for cyclone, though, so that is the same. Do you think you will read more of them?
DeleteI read one chapter of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and I read about how Dorothy sees a women that claims Dorothy killed something. But she then finds out the house did it. Then the lady points out the wicked witch of the east under the shed with only her silver shoes showing. I learned that since the witch was gone munchkins are now free. There is now only one bad witch and two good witches now. Dorothy then faces the fact she has to live with the old lady (good witch) because of the wicked witch. First she must go to the City of Emeralds to find the wizard. Before she leaves, the good witch gives her a kiss so nothing will harm her. Dorothy was given one direction… follow the yellow brick road.
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That's a lot like the movie, except that the shoes were red! Dorothy made a really bad enemy in the Wicked Witch of the West! And it wasn't her fault! But it makes a good story...
DeleteI read The Hungary Tiger and the Cowardly Lion (or the other way around) which is about the Cowardly Lion and the Hungary Tiger wanting to prove how brave they are so the Hungary Tiger said that he would eat the first fat baby he saw. The Cowardly Lion said that he would tear the first man or woman he saw into a thousand shreds. When they both had great opportunities, they cared for them instead because the baby was crying about losing her mother and the woman fell down stairs and hit her head. They decided to go back to being loved and cared for than being hated and disliked.
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Funny! It sounds like the hungry tiger isn't very fierce either!I guess their bark is worse than their bite, which is better for everyone.
DeleteI read an article on L. Frank Baum and learnt that he wrote 13 novel sequels, nine fantasy books and - well you get the picture. He wrote quite a few books. Apparently his books anticipated different inventions that came later on. For example, television, laptops (‘the master key’), cell phones (‘Tik-Tok of Oz’), and many others!
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Wow! Did you know that he was called "The dreamer of Oz"? Dreamers really do come up with the best ideas!
DeleteI read chapter i the cyclone. It was about a hole that people dig in the ground so that they dont get killed in a tornado. The cyclone has food and water so if they are trapped there for to long they don't starve to death. Dorthey and her family have to use use one but Dorthy doesn't make it in time because she was trying to save her dog.
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ReplyDeleteI guess every house in the midwest has a storm cellar. Aren't you glad we don't have to worry about that here?
DeleteI read the wonderful wizard of oz, chapter 1.I will admit I really loved the movie more than book's first chapter, but I only read the first chapter of the wizard oz so i won't judge it to badly. All in all it was an .o.k start.
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I like the movie more, too, but I think it's because I've seen it so many times and know it by heart! I think maybe if I read the whole book, I would feel differently.
DeleteBy the way, Ms.Piazzi do you agree that the hobbit book is better than the movie? I know its off topic, just wondering.
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Yes, definitely! For one thing, I get kind of bored with the battles, so I can skim over them when I'm reading. I wanted them to pause the movie in the middle so I could take a nap!
Deletei read chapter 1 of The Wondeful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. its about a cyclone that comes and picks up the main character (Dorothy)'s house her and her aunt are in the cellar. her uncle went to look after the stock. i dont know what happened to him though. if i had to read a whole wizard of oz book i'd probably choose this one.
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ReplyDeleteAren't you curious enough about Uncle Henry to keep reading? Maybe he's just left out of the rest of the story (like the king in the Six Swans. I guess you could skip to the end to see if he's mentioned again, like at the end of the movie!
DeleteI read the first chapter of The Wizard of Oz and I read about when Dorothy killing something.
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I read a article about the wizard of oz and I read the plot it says that her aunt elm being sick and to cure her she needs a crystal ball to cure her and she meets a which and by a rainbow that is by a farm and she goes to the back of the farm and puts her head through a window.......
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Did that make sense to you? I don't understand the part about Dorothy putting her head through the window. You didn't finish your sentence, so I don't know what you meant. This needs some more explanation
DeleteWhat did Dorothy kill? I don't think you read that correctly. Could you go back and reread it and then give us some more information?
DeleteI read "The Great and Powerful Wizard" I read the first chapter and it is about this girl named Dorothy, her dog Toto, her aunt, and her uncle. One day it was grayer than usual and Dorothy noticed the grass swaying. Then all of a sudden her uncle shouts "It's a cyclone!" so her aunt said "Dorothy come on get to the basement!" Dorothy listened but noticed that Toto was under the bed. She tried to get him out and by the time she did her house was twirling up and up and up!!! She fell on her butt and just sat there to see what would happen. She stayed there for a while a noticed nothing new happened so she crawled up in her bed and slowly drifted to sleep. That is as far as I got so bye-bye!
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Do you think you would have been able to go to sleep if your house had been picked up by a cyclone? I don't think I would!
DeleteIn the movie, she gets hit on the head by the window frame and gets knocked out, and the rest of the story is a dream. Is that the way they explain it in the book, or was the adventure real? I guess you'd have to skip to the end of the book to find out!
A few days ago I was reading a passage from The Wizard of Oz. I was reading the part when it was describing toto. It was saying things like toto, the quit nice dog with with a sparkly nose or somethimg like that.
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Did you read the entire chapter? It sounds like you haven't finished the assignment, Sam.
DeleteI read the first chapter of "The Wizard Of Oz" online at literature.org . I think the book is different for the movie. First of all, in the book, Dorothy, Toto, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry lived in a one-room house, but in the movie they aren't. The cellar is also a trapdoor in the middle of the house, and if my memory serves me right, that's not what it was in the movie. I've read a few more chapters after that (I think until Chapter 3, "How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow"). After finishing my book, I might finish the story.
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I also love the Wonderful Wizard of Oz but I don't understand why the form of the house had to change for the movie. I don't really know why they do this is in movies and why they can't just keep it the same.
ReplyDelete-Matt C
That's a good question, Matt. It doesn't really make much sense to me either!
DeleteYes, you're right. Those are all differences from the movie! There are lots more, too. I hope that you will continue reading it!
ReplyDeleteI read chapter 15 in the book The Wizard of Oz. The chapter name was The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible. I decided to read this particular chapter because I was going through the chapters online, and when I came across this one I wanted to find out what happens when they meet Oz. I started reading and found out that they found out Oz was just a humbug. But Oz said he could still grant them all their wishes. First he started with the scarecrow. He told the scarecrow he didn't need a brain that he was learning something everyday. But he still agreed to stuff his head with brains the next day. Then he moved on to the lion. He told the lion all he needed was confidence in himself, but still agreed to give him courage the next day. After the lion he moved on to the tin man. He said he was wrong to want a heart and that it made most people unhappy, but like the last two he agreed to have a heart placed in him the next day. Then there was Dorthy. He said to give him two or three days and he will try to figure out a way to get her to Kansas. I really liked the chapter and moved on to chapter 16 the Magic Art of the Great Humbug. He ended up giving everyone there wishes but Dorthy. I ended up reading the 17th, 18th, and 19th, chapter but don't want to give it away.
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So, it sounds like Oz wasn't Terrible after all! What does "humbug" mean? Did the book explain it?
DeleteI'm guessing that the last chapters told how he got Dorothy home. Thanks for not spoiling it!
The meaning of humbug is deceptive or false talk or behavior. Which is exactly what the Wizard of Oz did. He made everyone think he was some Greta wizard that could do any thing, but his real story is very different. In the book he also does lots of things that are false and tricks people. Like how he told the tin man he would give him a heart and the tin man may have not known it but the heart was really just made of silk and sewn together. So Oz really is just a humbug.
DeleteI read the Wizard of Oz and I loved it the way he pulled his read into the book was truly amazing. Everyone should read the book.
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I wish that your comment had more information about the chapters you read. I can't really tell that you did any reading.
DeleteI read the wonderful wizard of oz it was a great chapter I read. It was about the lion, the scarecrow, the tinman, the dog totoe, and Dorthy. They were getting on the lions back trying to get over a ditch to finish their quest to the wizards castle and they made it over. Next was the flowers it was my favorite part they made her pass out there was a lot of details in that part of the book. that was the chapter I read.
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