Walter Elias Disney, known by many as “the man behind the mouse”, was one of the most known people

Disney did not grow up as prosperous as others and his childhood was not so evident nor boisterous. Therefore, as an adolescent Disney knew he was very artistic, that he began selling artwork to close family and friends. In Disney’s high school years he attended Mckinley high ,where he attained drawing and photography classes (“Walt Disney Biography”1). He always knew he had it in him to continue school and attend art classes, this is where his future will began. Later around 1919 Walt’s brother Roy got him a job at the Pesman-Rubin Art Studio, where he evoked

When people think of Walt Disney, they think Mickey Mouse, but that’s not what this paper is about, it is about his Early Life, Himself, First Animations, and his Legacy. “Walt Disney was born in Chicago, Illnois in 1901” (Surber). Walt Disney grew up on a farm most of his child years. Walt Disney was the founder of the Disney Company. He created many creative things during his career. Walt Disney came from being a poor as child, to making his own company, and to living his dream. The next paragraph will talk Walt Disney’s Early Life.

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Elias, was a carpenter when Walt was born. Eventually, Elias and his wife, Flora, saved up enough money to start a home building company together. Walter had four siblings: Roy, Herbert, Raymond, and Ruth (Russell 9). Because Ruth was younger than Walt, Walt waited until the age of seven to start school so that he could start at the same time as Ruth. Before he went to school, his mother, Flora, taught him how to read (Russell 10). Walt grew up on the Disney family farm and worked hard on the farm. He worked at the neighbor’s farm- raising corn, wheat, barley, cows, pigs, and chickens (Giltin 18). Later, Elias grew sick, and the Disney’s had to sell the farm. They moved to Kansas City (Russell 11). Throughout Walter’s schooling, he loved to be on stage- directing, producing, and being on stage (Russell 11). Many things inspired Walt Disney’s creativity: moving, roaming, playing in the farmyard, fishing, doodling in class, and editing the school newspaper are just a few

On December 5, 1901, Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney gave birth to a man who would eventually change our world by the creation of a little mouse. Walter Elias Disney, who was also known as “Walt,” was born in a small town in Chicago, Illinois, by a father who was an Irish-Canadian descent, and his mother who was a German- English descent. Walt was one out of five children, four brothers and a sister. Their names were Herbert Arthur Disney, Raymond Arnold Disney, Roy Oliver Disney, and Ruth Flora Disney. Walt was the oldest one out of the five. While he attended school, he was introduced to Walter Pfeiffer, who decided to show Walt vaudeville and the art of making movies. Walt decided to drop out of high school, at the age of sixteen, to join the army. He was rejected to join because he was too young of age. He and a friend decided to join the Red Cross, where Walt was an ambulance driver during World War II. In 1919, Walt moved to Kansas City to begin a career in art, and worked for the newspaper, as a newspaper artist. He met Ubbe Iwerks, and he and Disney soon made their own commercial company called, “Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists.”

Flora and Elias Disney had Walter on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, IL, a suburb of Chicago. Flora was German-American whereas Elias was Irish-Canadian, so Walt comes from many different cultural backgrounds. He was the fourth boy and fourth oldest child of the family as Walt had four other siblings; Herbert, Raymond, Roy, and Ruth, respectively. Walt was actually named after Preacher Walter Parr after Elias and him were close and both mutually agreed to name their next born boy after the other man.

Walt Disney was born in Chicago on December 5, 1901. Because of the violence in Chicago and because it was hard to make money, in 1906 his father Elias Disney purchased forty-eight acres of farmland in Marceline, Missouri. It was northeast of Kansas city.

Disney’s life was full of many different actions to make it worth living. He was born on December 5,1901, in Chicago Illinois. Walt had other siblings, four boys and one girl. After his birth, the family moved to Marceline Missouri, he lived most of his childhood here. As he started to get older, his family moved

Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 5, 1901 and was one of five children (Short Biography). His interest in drawing and painting began in his childhood home of Marceline, Missouri (Biography.com Editors). As Disney grew older he further pursued his art career at McKinley High School in Chicago (Short Biography). At

You’re riding a rollercoaster in a Disney theme park in Orlando, Florida. You look around at the incredible architecture and imagination that is flowing throughout the park. You start wondering if your childhood would be the same without the man behind all this greatness. Walt Disney was a man full of charisma, joyfulness, and positivity. He never backed down or felt discouraged after failing. He was a man who knew what he wanted and ended up getting it; he was a go-getter. His legacy is celebrated every year by the making of new Disney movies and he is appreciated throughout the world.

On December 5, 1901 one of the most legendary people in history was born, his name is Walter Elias Disney. He was born as, on in Hermosa, Illinois to his father, Elias Disney who was an Irish-Canadian and

No matter what people said to him, Walt worked hard at what he loved to do, which was drawing. When he was little, Walt drew pictures, when he was not helping his dad with his paper route, and did not listen to any haters. As he got older and went to college, he made his first character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but soon lost rights over him. He did not let that stop him though, he shortened Oswald’s ears and made Mickey

Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 and was the fourth child of Elias and Flora Disney. He was an extremely talented child, exhibiting tremendous creativity at such a young age. Walt began drawing pictures in the 1st grade and continued until the day he died. Another of his

Walter Elias Disney, commonly referred to as Walt Disney, was born on December 5th, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois (Walt Disney Family Museum, 2012). His father Elias Disney was an Irish-Canadian and his mother, Flora Disney, was of German and English descent. His family settled in a village known as Norton Disney in the country of Lincolnshire at the time of birth (Disney, 2000). At the age of four, Disney and his family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, which is where he developed his love for drawing. At the time he paid a retired Doctor by the name of “Doc” Sherwood to produce images of his horse, Rupert. Later on his interest grew to train development in

2. At age 22, Walt experienced bankruptcy after the failure of a cartoon series in Kansas City. He headed to Los Angeles with $40 in cash, and an imitation-leather suitcase containing only a shirt, two undershorts, two pairs of socks and some drawing materials. Feeling that others did animation better, his goal was to be an actor out in Hollywood. It never occurred.

Walt took classes at the Chicago Art Institute three nights a week. When summer finally rolled along, Walt worked for his father at the post office. Of course, even when working, Walt made drawings.When school started back up again, Walt was seventeen years old. He dropped out of school then to try and fight in the war. He got denied to fight because he was too young. So Walt lied about his age, and he got a job as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross. The Red Cross sent him to work in France, and of course in his free time, Walt drew cartoons. When he came back he didn’t want to work for his dad again, “I want to be an artist.”(Walt Disney) So he moved to Missouri, and when he finally found a job, it only lasted for six months. During those six months, Walt met a man named Ubbe Iwerks. The two men decided to go into business together. They wanted to make animations, or pictures that move. To make money to help make the animations, Walt and Ub made short films, which were about a minute long. Their first production was, “The Alice Comedies.” Walt wanted to make loner movies though which were about seven minutes long. He longed to make fairy tales. Walt and Ub finally came out with the production of Little Red Riding Hood. It took six months. Both men quit their day jobs, and opened a company called Laugh-O-Gram