Roy E. Disney

Behind the Curtain As said best by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This empowering quote basically says that you hold the power to decide for yourself what you think beauty is. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of beauty is the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses of pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. Beauty is not the only thing people value in them. It is not defined by the way you look, clothes…

Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died on February 22 of 1987 at the age of 58. In his 58 years on this Earth, Warhol was recognized for his incredible artistic abilities. Although he is known as the godfather of Pop art, Warhol also dabbled in a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing. Warhol’s father noticed Warhol’s’ artistic talent at an early age, and paid for his college education at Carnegie…

Walt Disney. Walt Disney wanted to start a company that “fulfilled children’s dreams and created a visual for children to believe that dreams do come true” if you only believe. Throughout Walt Disney’s life he had always wanted to create something as entertainment for the youth. In 1928 his dream had finally came true. Walt Disney created Steamboat Willie! ("Walt Disney Quotes.") Walt Disney was born with the name of Walter Elias on the fifth of December in 1901. He was born to Elias Disney, an…

if we have the courage to pursue them (Walt Disney).” You need to do something beyond what you hoped for when it comes to making dreams come true. Believe in yourself and don’t listen to what others think. Walt Disney believed in himself when it came to making Disney movies. He said the quote above because he struggled to make his dreams come true, but he still had courage to make it into something. Although he had to overcome many obstacles, Walt Disney used his abilities to create stories and…

In 1831, at the age of twelve, Walt Whitman began working for his local newspaper. He soon fell in love with the written word and started writing his own poetry (“Poet Walt Whitman”). Fast forward to the turn of the 20th century, and Whitman has already made a name for himself as one of America’s most influential poets. Two of Whitman’s most esteemed works are “O Captain! My Captain!”, written in 1865 to reflect on Abraham Lincoln's death, and “O Me! O Life!”, written in 1891 to contemplate…

Throughout history, human civilizations have been built on conforming to social norms. Likewise, there have always been individuals, throughout history, who have ventured outside of those norms, many times to the dismay or even apathy of their respectively societies. E.E. Cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town,” is perfect example of how individualism is viewed in a conformist society, as well as sheds light on the poet’s own views of conformity. Although conforming to social norms is how…

Know a man in the early 1900’s known for his poems written with incorrect spelling and punctuation? Then you would be thinking about E. E. Cummings! E. E. Cummings was birthed upon the world as Edward Estlin Cummings in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894. He developed a unique style of writing at an early age, being influenced by both Impressionism and Cubism, and grew up to study at Harvard University. The poet would become a famous writer, but while he was alive, his work was mostly left…

How do we determine if love changes someone or not? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in “anyone live in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings, the authors use motifs, imagery, and symbolism to show how love can shape an individual change. Throughout the novel Gatsby has changed for Daisy because he is in love with her and in the poem the speaker anyone changed because noone showed him love . In the novel, Fitzgerald uses symbolism to represent a deeper meaning. Some…

Love and death are very meaningful to humans. Love and death are eternal, above and beyond physical entities, and extremely powerful. The poems “Death be not proud,” by John Donne, and “somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond,” by E.E. Cummings are poems about love. “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” by Anne Bradstreet, and “Because I could not stop for Death,” by Emily Dickinson are poems that explain death. Donne, Cummings, Bradstreet, and Dickinson have poems that relate death and love.…

The life of Mr. Ezzard Who is Mr. Ezzard ? I believe he is a nice man who enjoys writing and traveling far and wide. He himself has been to many places and wrote a lot, especially in his travel journals. He has done enough to fill a boring life a thousand times over, and I have recently sat down with him to learn more about him. Even when just walking into his room to interview him, I see untold treasures on the walls that prove that writing means the universe to him. Mr. Ezzard always had a…