Going through my blog today, and making some last minute tune-ups, I decided that the last element missing in it was the connection between film and literature for this movie. I have decided to show this because this blog is an assignment for the subject of Film & Literature, after all.
As mentioned in an older post, this movie is based on a series of books by L. Frank Baum called “The Oz Works”. Although these aren’t the only pieces of literature written by Baum, they are certainly some of his most notorious works.
The idea for this movie comes from all of “The Oz Works” The books separate the different elements of the movie in to individual stories, one book per element. For example, there’s one book called “The Emerald City of Oz”, another one called “Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz”, and so on. The first one, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, was written in 1900, and the last one, “Glinda of Oz”, in 1920. This last one was published after Baum died in May, 1919.
I invite my readers and fellow classmates to find a link between the movies you like and literature. I have learned many times that the book version of a movie is much more complete and allows the readers to expand their imagination.
Along with this small parallel between the movie and the pieces of literature on which the movie was based on, I say my good-byes. I have completed the tasks assigned by my teacher and will be evaluated on my work very soon… Wish me luck! I hope you enjoyed my blog!
Josefina (Josie) Montes
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orothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. 
