Analysis Of Inside The Mouse: Work And Play At Disney World By Susan Willis

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Popular culture is a passage into happiness because, in ways, it helps us escape from the difficulties of life and reconnect with friends and families. In Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World by Susan Willis, Willis describes Disney World as a type of dreamland for the families who go there. When families go to Disney World, the workers there makes sure all of the planning is done so that you can relax and enjoy your vacation there. Even if you do not have a particular interest in the princesses, there is shops for the fans of the villains so you can buy the paraphernalia. “Two small children were stooped over a small snake that had crawled out onto the sun armed path. ‘Don’t worry, its rubber,’ remarked their mother” (417-18). While

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