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Rhetoric: Movie Speeches Google images
Dear Diary,
This morning my friends and I set off in search of the Wicked Witch of
the
West. One of the citizens of the Emerald City pointed us off to the
right
direction and so we set off. The scenery went from gorgeous countryside
to an ugly, desolate, disturbing place. And out of nowhere winged
monkeys
snatched us up into the sky! The monkeys tortured my friends; they
pulled the straw out of the Scarecrow, pulled the Lion's hair and
banged dents into the Tin Woodman. For some reason they seemed to
leave me alone. It must be because of the kiss the Good Witch gave me.
When the winged monkeys brought me and my friends back to the castle,
the Wicked Witch
decided
that my friends and I were going to be her slaves. She is a rotten
person! I can't
believe anyone
could be this horrible. She lives in this huge castle that is rundown
to the
point that it looks like nothing more than a pile sticks and stones.
All she
has for
company are her little minions who are only here because she has
imprisoned
them. The Wicked Witch has thrown Toto and me into her dungeon for the
night. I
will
have to wait until tomorrow to see what she has in store for me.
Dear Diary,
I have not been able to write for a few days because the Wicked Witch
has made
me work so hard around the castle. All day long I sweep the
floors,
take out the trash and do whatever she tells me. I feel trapped.Even if
I
do exactly what the Witch asks of me, she threatens to beat me. One day
she was
so evil that she used her umbrella to whack Toto across the room. Every
day I
grow more depressed. Will I ever get back to Kansas to my family? I
know that the only way out of this mess is to kill the Wicked Witch. I
just don't think I have it in me to
kill someone else.
Dear Diary,
For the past couple of days I thought there was no
hope. I
had no strength to fight against the Witch; I simply did as she asked
of me.
But today was different. I was sweeping the kitchen for the Witch and
all of
a sudden, out of thin air, I tripped over something. I was a little
shook up,
but I was alright, except for the fact that I lost one of my gorgeous
silver
shoes. Before I could retrieve it, the Witch stole it from me!
Something
inside
of me snapped! I became so angry I could not stand it. I demanded the
Witch
give me back my shoe, but she refused. This was her biggest and last
mistake.
Out of anger I took my mop bucket full of water and threw it on her.
The water had a strange reaction to the Witch. She began to melt! She
was gone! The
Wicked
Witch of the West was gone! After she melted away, I brushed the mess
out the door and
cleaned
off my shoe. I had completed what the Wizard of Oz asked me to do. I
killed
the Wicked Witch of the West! Now I will go back to Oz and the Wizard
will help
me get back to Kansas. I can’t believe I am almost home! I'm going to
find my friends now so we can go back to Oz and get help from the
Wizard.
Author’s note:
This is my favorite part of the story. Dorothy has
finally
become the character she was meant to be. She stands up for herself and
Toto,
and she kills the Wicked Witch of the West. Dorothy came upon the
answer to
her
problem through pure luck. She had no knowledge that the Witch was
allergic to
water. Dorothy was simply tired of being
persecuted by the Witch and took charge of her life. I decided that
this story
would be
the perfect ending to my storybook because the purpose of my storybook
was to
show the evolution of Dorothy’s character through her diary. When
Dorothy came
to Oz she was a small meek child. She never realized her true potential
until she was through
with
being threatened by the witch. As in real life, we all face similar
struggles
as Dorothy did. We must find our inner strength within ourselves and
not
other
people. Dorothy did this and she has solved her problems all by
herself. Now
all she wants is to return home to Kansas to be with her family. In my
storybook I included stories that helped Dorothy to evolve as a
character. What I took from the book is a small portion of the
adventures Dorothy had while she was in Oz. In the book, as in the
movie, killing the Wicked Witch is a big part of the story. However, it
must be noted
in Baum's books she has many, many adventures while she is in Oz.
Bibliography:
Baum, Frank L. (1900) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The
Search for the Wicked Witch.
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