Friday, July 31, 2009
Justin Rosenthal
The book I have chosen to read for the APUSH Summer Reading assignment is the Wizard of Oz. My reason for choosing it was the fact that I was familiar with the story because of already viewing the movie The Wizard of Oz. As I continued through the book, however, I learned that there are a plethora of differences between the book and the movie. The characters, especially Dorothy's, personalities in the movie differ very much between their comparable movie character, and the plot of the book includes many stories that were not mentioned at all in the movie. So, although I believed that I had an advantage in already knowing the story, that was not at all the case with The Wizard of Oz.
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Josh Dennis in response to Justin Rosenthal
Justin, every time I watch The Wizard of Oz, I am forced to ask, "What on earth was the author thinking?" Side note, when I was little and saw the movie for the first time, the flying monkeys really did a number on me. I would have nightmares of them coming at me while I was walking on the sidewalk and snatching me up to take me to the witch. Justin, you have inspired me to read the book someday when I am old and at a nursing home as an alternative to playing bingo.
Sincerely Yours,
Josh Dennis
I seem to have a more positive opinion on this than Josh does...
Anyway, the book was darker and deeper, but the core of the plot is similar. Both the movie and book were great.
-Thomas Drawbaugh
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