Title: The Wizard of Oz and American Popular Culture: A Transition from Country to City and the Influence of Urbanization, Industrialization, and Immigration.

Please answer question 1. And 4. ONLY 
4 and a half pages each question 
1. WRITE AN ESSAY IN WHICH YOU ANALYZE HOWTHE WIZARD OF OZ PROVIDES AMERICANS WITH A TEXT THAT HELPS THEM MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM THE COUNTRY TO THE CITY AND SETS THE STAGE FOR THE COMMODIFIED AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE OF THE 20THCENTURY. BE SURE TO EXPLAIN WHY DOROTHY RETURNS TO KANSAS.  
4. REWRITE FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER’S FRONTIER THESIS TO APPLY TO THE AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE.  HOW DO URBANIZATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, COMMODIFICATION, MIGRATION, AND IMMIGRATION CONSPIRE TO PRODUCE A TRULY AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE? (TURNER’S THESIS IS READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE).

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