Walt Disney's Who Grow Up In American Culture

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Disney has become the enduring part of the American society and viewed worldwide (Nufine 2012). Mostly, all the children are watching Disney and growing up through Disney shows and movies provide by the Walt Disney. However, I am not one of them who grew up with the Disney. I totally grew up with the different culture because I am from India and the way Children’s grew up in India culture is wholly different from the children’s who grew up in American culture. I grew up by watching cartoons in childhood such as Tom and Jerry, Mr. Bean animated series, Hero, Mickey Mouse club house, but I never saw any Disney films in India so I am not familiar with any of the stuffs related to Disney. Moreover, for undergoing this assignment

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