Willie Morris

Robert Penn Warren’s novel, All the King’s Men depicts the tale of the rise of a political leader named Willie Stark. Many readers have speculated that Warren based Willie Stark’s character on Huey Long, a controversial, political leader from Louisiana who was prominent during the early 1900s. Although Robert Penn Warren has “repeatedly denied that Willie Stark is a fictional portrait of Huey Long,” many aspects of the novel directly correlate to the political career and personal life of Huey Long

(Jackson, 2006, p. 4). It’s hard to believe that even the most successful artists of the past century had self doubt when starting out in their career. Thought as we all know; Walt Disney’s career did take off. In 1928, Disney released Steamboat Willie, the first animated film with synchronized sound and the first to feature the iconic Mickey Mouse. Though even with his newly found fame and fortune, Disney was still described as a down-to-earth, generous man. George Kent, a writer for the magazine

When I went to Disneyland, I was eight. It was 2013. My mom surprised us at Christmas. We walked in and huge luggage bags were under the tree. Mine was pink, and my sister’s bag was blue.We were driving to California; my mom’s friend, Dee, was driving us. We had to stop at her house in Vegas for a good night sleep. We had taco bell for dinner. I ate the spicy bean dip, and a normal taco with lettuce. Me and my sister had to share a room, it had a huge tv. We watched, well, I watched Full House

Walter “Walt” Elias Disney had accomplished many things in his life, like creating characters, movies, and theme parks. Disney went through many different levels when he was creating his cartoons, by adding sound,and color to them. He was the child who always wanted to do something different than just cartoons that he has previously done. Walt always went beyond everything with his films and always gave one hundred percent with anything he did. His films went all over the world when they had went

Seth Macfarlane was born on October 26, 1973 in Connecticut. He did not follow the paths of his mother or father—Ronald and Ann, who were a teacher and an academic administrator. Instead, he got into animation, and came up with famous cartoons that are around and still very popular today. He always loved to draw cartoons, and this is evident because when he was only 2, he had drawn the commonly known Woody Woodpecker and Freddy Flintstone. Through high school, Macfarlane continued drawing and animating

Carter's thesis is: Although the Conservative Movement gained followers through careful advertisement and presentation of candidates in the 20th century, their agenda was mainly aided by racist social opinions, anti-welfare economic movements, and commercial displaying of candidates. George Wallace (Democrat) led a social movement so angry and powerful that he forced Richard Nixon (Republican) to learn the art of fully exploiting white voter’s racial fears without running openly racist campaigns

The Mickey Mouse Club is a television show that was created by Walt Disney and was produced by Walt Disney Productions. The show was first aired by ABC from 1955 to 1960 and intermittently aired from 1950 to 1996. The Mickey Mouse Club was a variety show for children that included a carton, music and talent, a news segment and even a comedy segment. The cast members were called Mouseketeers. Of the Mouseketeers, the teenage boys and girls faced the most challenges. While teens in the 1950’s had a

A moment of nostalgia may set in if you think back to your early childhood. Most of us have a favorite cartoon and chances are it's probably one created by Walt Disney. A man from humble beginnings, grew to be one of the most influential entrepreneurs in film history. Early life for Disney was a bit complicated he dropped out of high school at the age of 16. He wanted to join the army during WW1 but due to his age he was rejected, Walt was able to serve in the Red Cross Ambulance Corps after he forged

As a child I grew up watching cartoons that dated back to almost the early 50’s, shows like Mickey Mouse and Friends and movies like Marry Poppins. It was always a wonder how a drawing could somehow come to life and who was responsible for it. As I grew older I soon found out the person responsible for the amazing productions I grew up watching and it just so happened to be a guy by the name of Walt Disney was behind it all. Walt Disney was a pure innovator with one the wildest imaginations that

Walt Disney created his iconic character, Mickey Mouse, in the 1930s. The Mickey Mouse character is widely recognizable as an American icon, and provides the foundation, along with a host of other recognizable characters, for the Walt Disney empire. The Disneyland Theme Park opened in 1955 in California, while the Walt Disney World park opened in Florida in 1971 (Ferrell & Hirt, 2013). In 1983, the Walt Disney Company expanded beyond the United States, opening a park in Japan that would be followed