Vasile Alecsandri National College

Bacau
Walt Disney
Coordinating teacher: Candidate:
Oana Jugariu Ghinghes Stefan
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"a#le of Contents
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&$il' career in (oll)%ood
&&Os%ald* the +uc,) -a##it
&2&.ic,e) .ouse
2&Golden Age
2&&Sno% /hite
2&2&0inocchio
2&1&Ba'#i
1&Continuing 2isne) 3roductions
1&&"he +ittle .er'aid
1&2&Beaut) and the Beast
1&1&"he +ion 4ing
Conclusion
Bi#liogra3h)
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/h) ha5e 6 chosen /alter 2isne) to #e the to3ic of ') %or,7 "he reason is as
si'3le as it can #e& 6t8s si'3l) #ecause as an) other hu'an #eing 6 had a childhood %hich
%as 3leasantl) influenced #) the outstanding %or,s of this genius&
As a child 6 %as 3rett) 'uch into cartoons %hich used to #e far 'ore original and
#eautiful then the) are toda)* and 'a)#e this is #ecause 6 got a little #it older* #ut a strong
argu'ent in fa5or of this 'atter %ould #e the fact that all cartoons %ere once dra%n #)
hu'an hand %ith a 3encil and 5er) 5er) 'uch 3assion& And 6 also thin, that %e can all
agree to the fact that 9Ba'#i9 is a far 'ore #eautiful cartoon co'3ared to the digital stuff
of no%ada)s&
2isne) cartoons had e5er)thing done 3erfectl): 'usic* %hich %as 'agical* and 5er)
nicel) related to the stor)* classical t)3e of 'usic* sung #) talented artists and orchestras&
Gra3hic details and that delicate and 3ure %a) of dra%ing the face of 3rincesses* ani'als
and usuall) good characters of se5eral stories is also so'ething that #ears the 'ar,s of
2isne) %or,* %hich 6 could recogni:e an)ti'e* an)%here& Just re'e'#er %hat an angelic
face * %hich suited her innocent 3ersonalit)* Sno% /hite had in one of their first
cartoons& 6t %as so'ething that attracted children8s attention and definitel) ins3ired
#eaut) standards at that ti'e& So as %e can see* 2isne) /orld had a far 'ore %ider
influence on the %orld* not onl) children* and to #e honest a#out it* %hene5er 6 see
3rincess Aurora* 'eaning "he Slee3ing Beaut)* all 6 can thin, of is .aril)n .onroe&
"here are 'an) 3eo3le sa)ing that* a3art fro' .ic,e) .ouse and his friends* 2isne)
doesn8t ha5e #ut #orro%ed stories* and that the) are not original at all& 6 thin, that %e can
all agree %ith the fact that %hene5er %e hear a#out a stor)* such as* let8s sa)* 0ocahontas*
0inocchio or "he +ittle .er'aid* %e auto'aticall) thin, of the 2isne) ani'ated 5ersion&
/h) is that7 O#5iousl) #ecause /alter %as so good at %hat he %as doing he rein5ented
all his characters* gi5ing the' 'ore then ;ust a half-3age si:ed and colourless 3icture in a
#oo,& "his is so'ething 6 strongl) #elie5e in and 'a)#e the reason %h) 6 ad'ire his
%or,s&
One of ') 3ersonal fa5orites is* of course* +ion 4ing& Belie5ed to #e one of the fe%
original %or,s 2isne) has done* 6 could not hel3 noticing the strong references to
Sha,es3eare8s (a'let& But 'a)#e that8s %h) 6 li,e it the 'ost& A dee3l) touching stor) of
ho% harsh life reall) is and ho% i'3ortant it is to do )our dut) and to ,no% )our 3lace in
this %orld& "he fa'ous 9(a,una .atata9 'a) #e a good %a) of li5ing* a health) o3tion
reall)* #ut 6 guess that 2isne) %anted to tell us that li5ing out of care is not li5ing at all& 6
%ill ne5er forget ha5ing to %a,e u3 reall) earl) Saturda) and Sunda) 'orning for
9"i'on and 0u'#a9 series %hich %ere the funn) 3art in 9+ion 4ing9 and 6 a' sure that
e5er)one has heard a#out the'& 6 could #e %atching the' e5en no%* 6 %ould li,e the' as
'uch as 6 did 'ore than a decade ago&
Being a ,id %as all a#out 2isne) #ac, then* es3eciall) for #o)s& Girls fancied Bar#ie
too at that ti'e* #ut 2isne) 0rincesses %ere also lo5ed& As a #o) at that ti'e ') heroes
ha5e #een "o) Stor) characters* %hich %ere the %or, of 0i<ar studios* a ne%er 5ersion of
2isne)* %hich %as 3rett) cool& 2isne) %as e5er)%here* on t-shirts* shorts* note#oo,s*
3encils* %atches* hats* cand)* %e could e5en find the' as to)s in snac, 3ac,s& /hat can 6
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sa)7 .) childhood %as a'a:ing and 6 can definitel) confir' the fact that ha5ing a "V
and sta)ing in front of it for as 'uch as 6 could %hen 6 %as little %as not a #ad thing at
all& 2isne) stories al%a)s gi5e )ou so'ething to learn and thin, of& 0inocchio taught 'e
the i'3ortance of sta)ing true to others and a5oid l)ing so it %as =uite hel3ful in ')
education as a hu'an #eing& 6t is i'3ortant for a child to %illingl) acce3t so'e rules in
e5er)da) life %ithout his 3arents ha5ing to 3ut a 3ressure on this 'atter& So this is as far
as 2isne)8s influence o5er the %orld can go& 6 also %ant to highlight the fact that +ion
4ing* #oth 3arts* are rather suited for 'ature indi5iduals than for ,ids* 'ainl) #ecause the
stor) is 5er) dra'atic and the teaching is hard to #e understood #) children& But there are
5er) 3recious teachings indeed& Si'#a has #een a great character* %ho' 6 co'3letel)
understood later* %hen 6 figured out that his father %asn>t co'ing #ac,& Ne5ertheless* the
9Circle of life9 theor) is reall) nicel) dis3la)ed so that ,ids learn the 5alue of life =uite
easil)&
"o conclude these sincere ideas and o3inions of 'ine* 6 %ould li,e to sa) that /alt
2isne)8s e<istence is so'ething an) ,id of ') age or older should #e than,ful of& 6 can>t
i'agine ') childhood %ithout his cartoons& "he cartoons %hich %ere aired during
holida)s %ere so e3ic that the) hel3 'e re'e'#er ho% 6 s3ent the' in detail& 6 %as so
ha33) %hen 6 could %atch the' %ith ') fa'il)& .a)#e this is so'ething reall) usual for
a child to lo5e cartoons* #ut 6 could not i'agine ')self %ithout the'* and 6 can>t stress
that enough?
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