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When one reads Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, you are instantly aware of the Native American spirituality and Christian dualism in the novel. We see characters connected by nature’s touch and roped into a tangled web of people, places, and time. If readers look into the leaves of the book, wrap their mind around the message of interconnectedness of nature and life, they will see the same ideas mirrored from the transcendentalists in American history. Native American spirituality is based on…

Personal History Walt Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 5, 1901. Disney was one of five children and spent the majority of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri. It was here that he began drawing and painting(Walt Disney 1), but at the age of 7, Disney moved to Kansas City and then moved once again in 1917 when his father bought a partnership in the O- Zell Jelly factory in Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago Disney became the junior art editor of his school newspaper at…

Japanese Animator Miyazaki Miyazaki commonly referred to as "The Japanese Walt Disney" often expresses how much he hates the reference. Miyazaki never wanted to produce or created anything to achieve success, but to continue to make and do what he wanted, what made him happy. Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli from just producing good films. Miyazaki’s career did not start with Studio Ghibli, however. Miyazaki was born in 1941 and began his animation career in 1963 by joining Toei Animation, and…

Introduction to this film: Guardians of the galaxy is an American superhero film released in 2014. It is produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film is directed by James Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Periman. The main casts in this film who starred as the superheros are Chris Pratt as Star Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer. The film became a…

Walt Disney Imagine that you are driving to the coast through Anaheim, California. All of a sudden, you see tall, fast, rollercoasters housed in mountains, crowds of people waiting in line, busses parked everywhere, and hotels circling the park. You think to yourself, “Who invented this attraction? Why did they do it?” Walt Disney did! He improved the U.S. and the world by making cartoons, movies, and world attractions for families. Who was Walt Disney? Walter Elias Disney was born on December…

least a year. (Righter). The second time it shows Pocahontas being captured for what seems to be a night when in reality it was a year excluding the arranged peace treaty marriage. (Righter). Cramming these events into a small time frame causes the animators to leave out loads of information which explains why there’s heaps of information and leaves out the growing tension between the Indians and Europeans. In the movie it seems that they are ready to attack each other for a few days then after…

Edwin Catmull’s entire life has been based around his love for animation. As a little kid, Ed would wait for Walt Disney to come appear on Sundays on his black and white 12” television. He called it the, “Disney Magic”. Walt Disney was on of Catmull’s boyhood idols. The other idol that he had as a child was Albert Einstein. He explained, in his autobiography, the reason he probably looked up to these two men. He felt that they both represented creativity, just in different ways. Disney…

Leadership Styles: Reflection 1. Charismatic Leadership a. a. Martin Luther King Jr. is a prime example of charismatic leadership. b. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist who led the Civil Rights Movement until his assassination in 1968. He continues to be remembered as one of the most lauded African-American leaders in history, often referred by his prominent 1963 speech, “I Have a Dream.” c. Martin Luther was a dynamic, charismatic,…

As the whimsical sounds of Disney’s Peter Pan float across the front porch of the multi-use room at Young Actors Theatre Camp, Pixar’s Jeanette Penley-Marker takes time out of promoting of beloved animated films and teaching monologue classes, with her husband and two adorable daughters, to discuss her journey to Pixar, one of the most unique studios in the animation industry. In jeans, a cotton blouse, and sneakers covered in the red dust that seems to permeate the entire area, Penley-Marker is…

fell in love with the Grinch when it first came out, and continue to love it still today. Although many people consider The Grinch to be too childish; it is one of the best Christmas movies. Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, cartoonist, animator, book publisher, and artist. He died on September 21st, 1991. Throughout his life he had many accomplishments. Out of all of the things he was good at, he was best at authoring children’s books under the name of Dr. Seuss. Before his death,…