This Chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" Unit Shows That Techniques That Anthropologists

This chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" unit shows that techniques that anthropologists have used to analyze myth and folktales can be extended to two popular American fantasy films,The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars.In 2009,U.S.American movie director James Cameron,a fan of The Wizard of Oz,released the long-awaited Avatar.If you have seen the movie,compare its structure and symbolic elements in a way similar to that of how The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars have been analyzed in the text.If you have not seen Avatar,explain the connection between The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars.