Walt Disney's Influence On American History

Pocahontas is a Walt Disney Pictures animation released in 1995 following the Disney Princess franchise. The movie is about Pocahontas, a native American lady whose home is invaded by Englishmen who wishes to exploit the land’s resources and to “civilize” the people living there. However, one of the Englishmen, John Smith, fell in love with Pocahontas. This essay studies the stereotypes of native American and them being essentialized in the media as being savages, sexism and also over romanticization, as represented in the movie.

Walt Disney was a very influential man to the entertainment industry. He made animation a whole new type of entertainment. Although Walt went through many struggles and problems, he pushed on and eventually saw results for all his hard work. Many hardships got in Disney’s way such as unsupportive parents and even bankruptcy; Walt pushed on through, always creating, working hard, and persevering to accomplish his dream.

     Walt Disney; When that name is spoken faces of children and adults alike light up with looks of sheer joy. When debating what to see at the movies the newest Disney flick is almost always decided upon over the others. With Disney people are 100 percent sure to walk out of the theater happy and smiling. From the catchy theme songs to the thrilling theme parks Disney has built the fantasy empire. Although he built the fantasy world Disney was not a man who walked around with his head in the clouds. He used his animation and film making skills to not only make fantastic movies but to also bring joy into times of war, fun into times of education, and excitement into times of vacation

Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the impact Walt Disney has left on society and how his legacy continues on.

We all have heard or even maybe seen the movies about the tragic love story of Pocahontas and John Smith. You know, where the girl saves the guy, but did she really save him? Pocahontas is a young girl, daughter of a King of an Indian tribe. Smith is an American explore and writer. Pocahontas did not save Smiths life because the King changed his mind on wanting to execute Smith, they both were very good friends and this was just a publicity stunt on Smiths part.

In the second chapter of the book The True Story of Pocahontas The Other Side of History, Dr.Lindwood Custalow and Angela L. Daniel state the Powhatan’s side of the story of Pocahontas. They explain in this chapter their side of the story of when Pocahontas saves John Smith. When John Smith first meets the Powhatans, he is twenty-eight and Pocahontas is ten. The Powhatans want to have the English protect them from Spanish invasion, so they are very friendly, especially towards John. Later, John goes through a ceremony, which did not allow children, to become a werowance.

Therefore, Walt Disney was iconic during the twentieth century and is an American symbol. He taught us all the lessons and moral through himself and his animated films. He showed us how we can raise our problems just like him and not giving up. There are still many people are influenced by him, his animation and his theme parks today. His legacy passes on to

Back in 1995, as a 20 year old woman, I was, absolutely, still in love with everything Disney. I was still very much enamored with the romance and fairy tale aspects of all their stories and movies. So when the Walt Disney Company released the animated feature “Pocahontas” in the summer of my 20th year, I had to see it. At the time, I thought I had hit the jackpot with this movie. “An American legend comes to life” is the tagline to get viewers interested in this movie. [1] A heroin, whom was a beautiful Indian and a love story, who could ask for more from a Disney movie, I thought to myself. Now, being ignorant of the true facts about the Indian woman Pocahontas and even about Indian culture and history itself, I took this story more

Walter Disney was the creator of the Walt Disney company who won more academy awards than anyone else for his famous cartoon motion pictures. The date that he was born was on December 5, 1901. The date of his death was December 15, 1966. When Walter Disney was a young boy his father was a prosperous farmer making good money. When he was in high school he dropped out at the age of 16 to join the Red Cross Ambulance Corps. When Walter Disney was in school he had a play of Peter Pan and he played the part of Peter Pan.Walt Disney is famous because he has made the best motion picture cartoons and Amusement Parks. Walt Disney helped society with a joy contact. Making the cartoons happy and exciting for little kids. Walt Disney’s first cartoon was

Disney has impacted so many people in positive and negative manner. It has also done great and terrible things for society. Disney’s corporation has entertained many families with all of their business throughout the years. The Disney Company has been bedrock for kids thought world since 1923. Ever since 1923 Disney has been a place “where dreams come true” it creates place where children ideas can run with imagination.

Walt Disney went from a high school dropout at age 16, to a world famous film maker. When he was young he was very interesting in drawing pictures of different things around the farm. During World War I he helped many people by getting them help as an ambulance driver. After the war, he received many awards, he currently holds the record for the most academy awards and nominations. When he was little he would help on his family’s farm.

Walt Disney himself once said, “Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them what you have done.” Animator. Film director. Entrepreneur. Film producer. Voice actor. Screen writer. Entertainer. Business person. Television presenter. Film editor. Television producer. Hero. Walt Disney. He was one of the most extensive models of success to ever live. Walt gave everything he had into creating Disney. Every single minute of every single hour of every single day of his adult life were dedicated to his brand and the people he influenced throughout his lifetime quite literally until the day he died. Walt Disney created a international insignia revolved around a single mouse. If that isn’t success, what is?

Disney movies have an iconic image in the American culture and are a huge factor in the children's learning. “Since the 1930’s Disney has implemented heterosexual ideologies, patriarchy, hegemonic masculinity, reinforced our societies gender binaries, heterosexual normativity, and displayed conservative values in their films and company structure” (Budd and Kirsch 2005, Byrne and McQuillan 1999). Disney has a great impact on the society by representing certain thing a certain way and the ways they are represented tends to change with time. The prevalence of domestic work is an important theme in the Disney Princess movies and a substantial change that Disney incorporated over time was the temporary discontinuation of domestic work as a symbol of femininity. In their first few movies the princesses frequently were shown performing domestic work, but later the rate of domestic work gradually dropped as it is not very acceptable by the society today.

Amanda Young Donte McDowell ENG 112 February 25, 2018 Walt Disney and His Impact “I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with ‘expressing’ myself with obscure creative impressions.” From the first ever animated film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to Disneyland, Walt Disney became an iconic person in everyone’s childhood. While making a huge impact on the entertainment industry, Walt Disney helped shape children’s lives. Disney created things that have contributed to children’s entertainment, imaginations, and education, such as cartoons and theme parks.

Walt Disney started as an illustrator in a small company and became one of the most influential figures during the 20th century. Walt Disney is well known as the founder of the Walt Disney Company and the creator of a character named Mickey Mouse. His cartoons brought joy to people through unique characters and colorful backgrounds. His ultimate goal was to make people happy as Walt quotes ¨My business is making people, especially children, happy” (The Walt Disney Family Museum). Although animation may be his biggest known contribution to America, Disney also had influence on economy and politics.