There's No Place Like Home

      Numerous times  the media introduces us to various movies, TV shows, and movies. Whether we realize it or not most of these sources depict a theme or moral lesson that we subconsciously associate with the medium. A prime example of this would be the story of The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is a fantastical story about a small town girl from Kansas who embarks on a mystical journey far from home once taken away by a tornado. Along her journey she encounters several friends, that help her make her journey to find herself and her way home. These friends are known as the tin man, the scarecrow, and the cowardly lion. The story uses personification giving each of these characters human characteristics. Each character has an inner conflict that serves as a setback. The tin-man lacks a heart, the scarecrow lacks a brain, and the lion lacks courage. The four set out on a journey to find, The Wizard, who holds the answer to all their problems only to find out that The Wizard is a fraud and the answer was within them the whole time. The answer lied within them.  

     As a child, you see the story in "black and white," and for what it appears. I mean come on. We all dressed up as Dorothy or munchkin for Halloween, at least once. It's a fun, colorful, musical with a noteworthy soundtrack and cast. It wasn't until I reached high school till I realized the true meaning of the story. Each character depicted the classic human virtues caring, courage, and intelligence. Ultimately, home is where your heart is and you have the ability to get what you want because the power lies within you. The answers that you are sometimes seeking are right in your backyard. Within this movie, lies a lot of life lessons that are hard to distinguish as a young child. But once you evaluate the movie from an analytically standpoint you are able to see these themes more clearly. In life, you sometimes have to pay less attention to the monochromatic idea and search for the more kaleidoscopic solution.