WALT DISNEYS IMAGINATIONS

BY: IRVING MUNOZ

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

FIGURES DESCRIPTIONS
ABSTRACT
Walt Disney was an American motion picture,
television producer, and showman, famous as a Figure 1. This picture shows the drawing of what
pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of
Disneyland. His most famous creation, Mickey Mouse, Walter Disney had been creating his own cartoon
is a universally recognized cultural icon. Disney was character.
planning a bigger project a movie-length cartoon in
full color with music. Walt Disney could take the Figure 2. This photo shows where Walter Elias Disney,
dreams of America, and make them come true. Even the founder of his company, comes along with the
thirty years after his death, we still continue to grasp
his ideas, and his creations, remembering him for animated characters created by Disney; Mickey
everything hes done for us. The Purpose of this Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy.
Poster about the legacy of Walter Elias Disney is to
look at who was Walter Elias Disney Figure 3. In this image appears Mickey Mouse piloting
the steamboat. The caricature was successful done in
black and white.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS Figure 4. This image appears Mickey Mouse with his
1. Why did Walter Disney have in mind a mouse instead rival Oswald the rabbit so Disney has in mind to create
of a rabbit for his cartoon?
a mouse as a pet of his Walt Disney company.
2. Who was Walter Disney and who are the Disney
family? Figure 5. This photo appears Walter Disney along
3. What have Disney gone through in decades when with the animated character Mickey Mouse where we
Walter Disney stopped being there? remember what has made the unforgettable moments
about his animated films.
SOLUTIONS
1. At the beginning Disney mentioned the brazen theft of both
his successful cartoon character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but
Walter had in mind to create a mouse. Disney did his own
cartoon named Mickey Mouse.

2. Walter Disney lived most of his childhood in Marceline,

Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling
pictures to neighbors and family friends. In 1911, his family
moved to Kansas City, where Disney developed a love for
trains. Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago,
where he took drawing and photography classes and was a
contributing cartoonist for the school paper.
CONCLUSIONS
3. In 1966, Walter Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer.
He died on December 15, 1966, at the age of 65. Disney
was cremated, and his ashes interred at Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Roy Disney (Disneys
brother) carried on the plans to finish the California themed
park, which opened in 1971 under the name Walt Disney
World.
In conclusion, this poster has analyzed a couple of information
about the great founder of Disneys film company and
answered questions like where everything began and the
fame of his cinema. Walter Disney created stories for
generations to attract the audience, his emotions of happiness,
and laughter. Above all, he created an icon cartoon for
everyone to always remember. Walter Disney and Mickey
Mouse are the most memorable, and beloved icons that will
always be in the American hearts. That is where it all started
at Walt Disney.
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