Disappointment (Literacy)

Hello Bloggers, Todays Home Learning Task In Literacy Is The Disappointment Theme. We had three questions we had to answer with a good explanation. The Questions Were. Why do you think that Dorothy is able to move past discouraging situations so quickly? Describe a situation in the book where disappointment leads to a new opportunity. What coping mechanisms do the characters draw on to deal with disappointments as they arise? Name at least two and describe the situations in which they were used. 1. As Dorothy faces new challenges every moment along the Yellow Brick Road she may come into some very discouraging situations, which can lead to Dorothy feeling disheartened or frightened. Dorothy is a very persistent and hopeful character so I think she is able to move quickly past these situations and deal with them because she has a goal and wants to achieve it, although if people stop and get in her way, for example, The Wicked Witch Of The East trying to stop her on the way to the Emerald City she won't be able to get back home to Kansas.

2. Near the ending of the story, Dorothy tells the Wizard that she has killed the Wicked Witch Of The East, so they make a hot air balloon so they can try and find their way back home to Kansas. But then when the Wizard is telling Dorothy to quickly get in she lost Toto in the crowd then when Dorothy grabbed Toto the Wizard had already set off on his journey in the Hot air balloon by himself. So then as the friends still support one another they all travel back to see Glinda the good witch, she tells Dorothy that there is powerful magic in her silver shoes and with three taps she can go anywhere in the World.

3. One Mechanism when the group of friends helped each other was when the Lion and Dorothy fell asleep in the deadly Poppy field. The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow could easily lift Dorothy the way back on her journey until she awoke although they couldn't lift the Lion because he was far too heavy. Then Tin Woodman gains the favour of the Queen of the Field Mice because he saved her from the jaws about nearly getting eaten by a wildcat. The mice ask the Tin Woodman how can they repay him. So he asked if they can carry the Lion out of the Poppy Field. (They lifted the Lion out with string) Another example of a mechanism is when the scarecrow is trapped high in a tree from when the khalidas were chasing him. To get him out of the tree the Tin Woodman used his axe to chop down the tree. Have you learnt about the theme of Dissapointment?