Mary shelleys frankenstein and the patchwork girl of oz by l. Sadly, this film is one of the many casualties of the silent era, existing today only in a truncated version of around an hour long, these cut prints being found in britain. While parts of the wizard of oz get a little trippy, its nothing you wouldnt see in dozens of other movies at the same time. Frank baums patchwork girl of oz to create a new work inspired by and in reference to shelley and baums works, reinterpreting their ideas and making them modern. Point of view narrators perspective ereading worksheets. This page will discuss point of view as it pertains to the study of reading and literature. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 and you call yourself a. Ojo adds plenty of brains to margolottes patchwork servant before she is brought to. Youd give your whiskers for a lovely variegated complexion like mine. Violet macmillan plays a munchkin boy, but is very obviously a woman. Jul 25, 2017 the patchwork girl of oz, unlike its selig polyscope predecessors, was a featurelength production running over eighty minutesat least at the time of its first release. Thus, when we appropriate their words, style, and other narrative. The patchwork girl blatantly, from her movements, a tall, energetic male tumbler runs amok and, in a piece of missing footage, douses three supporting cast members in petrifying powder.
The magical practices and potions of the land of oz is the thread running through the patchwork girl. Interesting from a historical perspective and having excellent production. Many of the immigrants setting about making a new life for themselves in america had a saying the streets ar. His new creation, the patchwork girl, must go to the emerald city for help. Ojo, jesseva, the patchwork girl and some of jessevas friends start to look for the woozy and a sixleaved clover while the doctor himself hunts for water from a dark well. The patchwork girl of oz oz series book 7 kindle edition by baum, l. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 ojo and unc nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the emerald city where they will never starve. When studying the perspective of the narrator, the reader is concerned with the relationship between the person telling the story the narrator. Frank baum novel, dorothy and her dog toto, are caught in a tornados path and somehow end up in the land of oz. Read the following passages and determine the narrative perspective, then explain how you were able to identify the point of view if the passage is third person, explain which characters thoughts. Along the way, with seven charming songs, she meets the wise donkey, woozy, shaggy man, the pumpkinhead family and a crazy bunch of tottenhots. Basically, the patchwork girl of oz foists one wacky new character after another on readers, tries to coax a chortle or two out of us, provides yet more evidence that oz is a socialist utopia, and puts a bow on the whole bit by offering a heartwarming ending. After a twoyear hiatus from writing books in the land of oz series in 19111912, l.
Quotes from the story such as toto, i have a feeling were not in kansas anymore, lions, and tigers, and bears. Understanding fabric weight in order to choose the right. Finally dorothy, the scarecrow and the tin woodman intervene to win the favor of ozma, the princess of oz. On the body the original body is dissociated, porous and unbiased the mind, on the other hand has an obsession with stasis, centrality, and unity.
Looking at the weight can help you to decide if it will be the most suitable fabric for its end use. Patchwork girl is categorized as a borgesian structure of information, due to its nonlinearity. Frank baum 1856 1919 an unlucky munchkin boy named ojo must travel around oz gathering the ingredients for an antidote to the liquid of petrifaction which has turned his beloved uncle unc nunkie and the wife of the liquids creator into marble statues. While the source print appears to have been transferred to video in high definition, it also appears that the standard definition masters of the silent era oz films prepared for the 2005 warner home video dvd edition noted below, including the patchwork girl of oz, have been utilized without hd remastering for this bluray disc edition. If it is thirdperson, which characters thoughts are revealed. The patchwork girl of oz by lyman frank baum unc nunkie, margolotte and the magician all stood looking at the marvelous powder, but ojo was more interested just then in the patchwork girls brains. Oz itself is the abbreviation for ounce, which is the standard for measuring gold. The patchwork girl of oz is not about the patchwork girl of oz, but rather is the story of a little munchkin boy and his motley assortment of followers journeying across the land of oz in search of items that will create a magic capable of saving the boys beloved uncle. Neither repeated the success of the books that had made his name and so in 19, because of the bankruptcy and because of the overwhelming number of letters from children asking for more about dorothy, baum published the patchwork girl of oz and became, until his death, the royal historian of oz. Critics appreciated its intentions, but bemoaned its execution. Presented in hypertext format, patchwork girl uses intertextual allusions borrowed from canonical texts such as mary shelleys frankenstein and l. The story begins with a visit by a young munchkin lad, ojo the unlucky, who with his unc nunkie visit a reclusive magician, dr. Frank baum wrote his next installment, the patchwork girl of oz, in 19.
The patchwork girl 19 was the first new oz book after the brief hiatus, and much of its charm resides in the sense of a fresh start. Along the way, they meet mewel, a waif and stray mule who leads them to dr. Identifying the narrative perspective point of view. Scary oz related happenings are not left solely to dystopian oz reimaginings and grimmifications. This is a demeaning message for kids who are likely to worry about being teased for their own faults, however minute. Gratzs lithe humor delivers some good puns, literary and other allusions and one decent takeoff on whos on first. Frank baums the oz film manufacturing company and based upon his book, the patchwork girl of oz.
Within the patchwork, there are clear, bold stories that the reader follows avidly. In the narrative sense, the term highlights important points which have consequences within the story, according to ansen dibell. Within the narrative fiction of frankenstein, the monsters body is created. It is the first featurelength film taking place in the land. The patchwork girl of oz by lyman frank baum unc nunkie, margolotte and. To get back to kansas, dorothy must slay a nasty enemy, the wicked witch of the west. Wizard of oz narrative reflect the significance of the themes of gender, race, home.
Frank baum, 19 frankenstein mary shelley, 1818 current literary and cultural criticism the cyborg manifesto, donna haraway. Dorothy and the wizard in oz starts at chapter 70, 5. Jacksons work includes quotations from the novels of both shelley and baum, plus material from jacques derrida, donna haraway, and other writers. Flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons patchwork girl. Dec 17, 2008 the wonderful wizard of oz also often called just the wizard of oz the marvelous land of oz ozma of oz dorothy and the wizard in oz the road to oz the emerald city of oz the patchwork girl of oz. Of course, there is all the difference in the world between a film for children and a childish film the greatest childrens films are not in the least childish and it was agreed by the critics and the public alike that the oz film manufacturing. Frank baum is a childrens novel, the 7th set in the land of oz. The wiz presented another culturally significant perspective in the big screen. She first appeared in the patchwork girl of oz history.
Venice when writing these oz tales that seemingly address the meaning of life. Patchwork girl is written in hypertext style to give writer shelly jackson an experimental voice to mold and shape as her own without being transfixed to a still page. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 the 1st oz feature film l. The patchwork girl of oz was not wellreceived at the time of its release. Thinking it both unfair and unkind to deprive her of any good qualities that were handy, boy took down every bottle on the shelf and poured some of. However, one of those motley followers is the patchwork girl and she absolutely steals the show.
The book was first published on july 1, 19, with illustrations by john r. Understanding fabric weight in order to choose the right fabric fabric weight is the outcome of how a fabric has been woven, its finish and sometimes the fibre type. The land of oz books are childrens books classics, but that doesnt mean everything in them is child friendly. Jun 17, 2018 as soon as breakfast was over they all went into the magicians big workshop, where the glass cat was lying before the mirror and the patchwork girl lay limp and lifeless upon the bench. The patchwork girl of oz, unlike its selig polyscope predecessors, was a featurelength production running over eighty minutesat least at the time of its first release. Read the following passages and determine the narrative perspective, then explain how you were able to identify the point of view if the passage is third person, explain which characters thoughts are revealed. Scraps is a teenaged possibly fourteen living rag doll made of patchwork, button eyes, brown yarn hair, a felt tongue, and pearl teeth. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl 1995 allows the reader can click on different parts of the patchwork girl s anatomy.
We follow the story linearly from beginning to end, and the action stays more or less centered on the main character the whole time. As soon as breakfast was over they all went into the magicians big workshop, where the glass cat was lying before the mirror and the patchwork girl lay limp and lifeless upon the bench. The pranks of the patchwork girl cause the doctor so much annoyance that he throws her away, but she comes back again on the assumption that she is now one of the family. Rather than tell a story from start to finish and present it as a knowable whole, patchwork girl layers streams of consciousness, snippets of histories, and decontextualized theoretical statements to explore the meaning that can emerge through the juxtaposition of fragments. Due to a combination of values dissonance, fridge horror, and intended creepiness, the series contains quite a large amount of nightmarish potential. That meant no daring experiments in narrative technique. The patchwork girl of oz oz series book 7 kindle edition.
More than just a childrens story by lauren houlberg the wizard of oz is a classic, a legend, and a childrens story that will never grow old. In her analysis of patchwork girl, shackelford maintains that comparative. Mediaspecific analysis attends both to the specificity of the formthe. The green of the emerald city represents the dollar. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 the 1st oz feature film. I have chosen patchwork girl for my tutor text not only because i think it is one of. Follow the adventures of a charming band of characters as they join dorothy and the scarecrow to explore the wondrous land of oz. Characters include the woozy, ojo the unlucky, unc nunkie, dr. So now theres a proper plot, though the film struggles to keep its mind focused on it. Anyone in a fairy country like the land of oz can do anything believing that the modern fairy. Frank baum interlaced some very gentle social comments throughout his childrens books. Frank baum is a childrens novel, the seventh in the oz series.
A modern fairy tale with a distinctly american setting, a delightfully levelheaded and assertive heroine, and engaging fantasy characters, the story was enormously popular and became a classic of childrens literature. The patchwork girl joins and tey set out for the real adventure. In celebration of his birth, we explore the imagination of the author who created the beloved. The patchwork girl of oz arrived in july 19 and ensured that reilly and britton. Here she encounters some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the wizard of oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the patchwork girl of oz oz series book 7. Thats because the narrative is really scantwith almost no intertitle cards. The term point of view has many applications, from video game development to the interpretation of art. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 the new wizard of oz 1914 the patchwork girl of. The patchwork girl of ozchapter 9 wikisource, the free. Scraps is a teenaged possibly fourteen living rag doll made of patchwork, button eyes, brown yarn hair, a felt tongue, and pearl. The patchwork girl of oz is one of the three oz films produced by author l. The reader is exposed to different lexia or units of text depending on how they navigate and therefore, each reader could ostensibly have a quantifiably different experience of reading the narrative.
My fathers dragon the sequels had their s renewed, but not the first book nautical folklore. Scraps is a character from the fantasy oz book series by l. The work reflects the hypertext labyrinth originally expressed in borges garden of forking paths, since the choices in the narrative allow multiple paths of experience. The answer is a form of narrative, which is also what stops the texts themselves from floating around like a digital stew. The wicked witch of the east represents bankers, and the wicked witch of the west who, remember, gets killed by water is drought. In fact, it became clear after closer analysis that the wizard of oz had been basically skewering all of the interest groups and political ideologies that had been influential or popular at the time, including populism, and when the book was read from this perspective, the allegorical nature of the work became all but impossible to ignore. The ugly duckling is a cast out of the duck pond not merely because he is different from everyone, but as is repeated time and again throughout the tale because he is too ugly. The story and the images utilized to create patchwork girl uses this breakage from traditional writing and parallels it with the voice and perspective of a female narrative. At one gory stage, her parts go their separate ways, and the girl has to learn how to put herself together again. Supposedly, theres humor in characters jumping around and moving about erratically.
Meet a living girl made out of patchwork quilts, a conceited glass cat, and the lovable blockheaded woozy. Patchwork girl synonyms, patchwork girl pronunciation, patchwork girl translation, english dictionary definition of patchwork girl. Patchwork girl definition of patchwork girl by the free. The patchwork girl of ozchapter 4 wikisource, the free. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But the relatively few fine baseball moments are surrounded by what seems like stuffing right out of the patchwork girl, while the meaning of alexs sojourn in ever after is obscured by the crowd.