HALEY JENSEN:
When looking over the list of books for summer reading,I came down to two choices I was interested in, but my final choice was The Wizard Of Oz.I chose The Wizard of Oz because I have seen both the movie and broadway production but never read the book and I wanted to see how different the book was.As I began reading,I found that I liked the book MUCH better than the movie, and about the same amount as the broadway production(just because I like visuals and live entertainment). Although it wasn't an on stage acting scene, the author still made it easy for me to visualize Dorothy's journey with the scare crow, the tin man, and the cowardley lion. In most scenes, I felt as if I could imagine exactly what she felt like or what the environment would be like in situations.For example,when Dorothy began to sob about being alone in the land of Oz with nothing but strange "people" which were the Munchkins, I could imagine exactly how she was feeling. I remember when I was little and I got lost one time in the mall. I had no clue where my mother was and I just stood in the middle of Sears crying when finally I went and asked the cashiers to page her over the intercome and see if they could find her because I was lost.(Which at the time my only words were "I CAN'T FIND MY MOMMY!!!"). I didn't ever have to go on a journey to go back home, I've never been an orphan, and I've never met a cowardly lion,a talking scare crow or a tin man that wanted to have a heart.However, after reading The Wizard of Oz,I deffinitely felt as if I had been right there in the book with the characters.
I highly recommend reading the book, it is much better than the movie.
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