The creator of Disney, Walt Disney (http://www.leadership-with-you.com/walt-disney-leadership.html ())

Disneyland, A place we have all heard of or been to. It is a place that has wonders and excitement around every turn. This place was created by one man who wanted to make his dream a reality - Walt Disney. Walt Disney was born on December 5^th 1901 in the town of Chicago. He was a writer, creator, and an inspiration. He wanted to create a place for kids and adults to have fun during the tough times of the depression. He was the inventor and manager of Disney Company. Disney managed to create a location for his dream near Anaheim and named the location Disneyland. To me, a hero must possess three main traits: responsibility, helpfulness, and pride. Responsibility is when a hero does a task he or she finishes it. A hero must help people out of tough situations. Pride some people forget. A hero must be proud in his or her work so that way he or she can create more of it. Walt Disney is viewed as a hero because of the way that he takes responsibility for the things he has started and makes sure that he completes it, helps people out the situations they are stuck in, and is proud of what he has created and built for the world to enjoy. 

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Walt Disney is credited as a hero because of the way he has helped out others in the past. Walt Disney has helped out during the aftermath of World War 2: "After serving in Europe as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I, Disney returned to Kansas City, where he worked with Ub Iwerks at the Kansas City Film Ad Company." (Lauder). Here, we have learned that Walt Disney was taking people who were injured to the hospital after the effects of World War 2. Walt Disney wanted to help others achieve their dreams of being an artist: "In addition to his several theme parks, Disney created and endowed a new university, the California Institute of the Arts, known familiarly as Cal Arts. He thought of this institute as the ultimate in education for the arts, where people in many disciplines could work together, dream and develop, and create the mixture of arts needed for the future." (Walt Disney). From this, we learn about Walt Disney's creation of a school for people to learn how to master the arts. Disney has inspired people to go and take part in the university he funded for. Through Walt Disney's ways of helping, he has shown how he cares about others. He has given them a place to learn and study as well as save those who might have been injured from the results of the war. 

Mickey Mouse, one of the most famous cartoons (http://thepocomokepubliceye.blogspot.com/2010/11/mickey-mouse-turns-80-today.html ())

 Walt Disney is described as one who is a hero because of the way he carries the trait of responsibility. Walt Disney was responsible for the failure and correction of his company: "Disney was devastated when "Fantasia" did poorly at the box office and when half his artists went on strike to protest his dictatorial style. The training films combining live action with cartoon characters that he made for the federal government during World War II (1939-1945), however, turned Disney in a new and very successful direction." (Walter Elias Disney). We learn here, that Disney led his company to a failure, but managed to correct that mistake and bring the company back into business. Walt Disney corrected his failure to help the company get back on the right track.

Walt Disney was responsible for all of the movies that he and his company produced: "On July 19, 1950, Disney Studios released the live-action feature Treasure Island, which was the first of sixty-three live-action films that Disney oversaw before his death. Other notable live-action Disney classics include Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955), Old Yeller (1957), The Shaggy Dog (1959), Pollyanna (1960), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), The Parent Trap (1961), and The Incredible Journey (1963). Mary Poppins (1964)" (Lauder). With the help of his company, Walt Disney created over sixty wonderful movies, most of which where successful. Disney was the one man responsible for the process of his productions. He helped make them all famous and amazing. With his responsible mind, he had brought down his company and helped reinforce it. His creations of his movies and company show how he was the man responsible for the creation of Disney. 

Walt Disneys first theme park, Disneyland (http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/01/03/disneyland-to-celebrate-leap-year-by-opening-for-24-hours-straight/ ())

  Walt Disney holds the most important trait of a hero, being proud. If you're not proud of your work, then you should not create it or inspire people to use it. Walt Disney is proud for his creation of the Disney Company: "In 1923, Disney moved to Hollywood and founded the Walt Disney Company with his brother Roy. Iwerks later joined them as a key animator. The company's first contract was to produce the short, animated, live-action Alice Comedies." (Lauder). With some help, Disney managed to create his company and start them off with a comedy television show. Disney created his company to show that being proud can keep you going. Walt Disney is proud for his most famous attraction, Disney World: "Besides his many films, Disney is also remembered for introducing the theme park, an amusement park built around a central idea. His Disneyland, the world's first theme park, opened on 18 July 1955 in Anaheim, California, and features rides based on Disney film characters and settings. The idea for the park came to him years earlier. "It all started," Disney remembered, "when my daughters were very young, and I took them to amusement parks on Sunday. I sat on a bench eating peanuts and looking all around me. I said to myself, `dammit, why can't there be a better place to take your children, where you can have fun together?' Well it took me about fifteen years to develop the idea" Disney remarked at the park's opening: "Disneyland will never be completed, as long as there is imagination left in the world."

In 1971, after Disney's death, his second planned theme park, Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida." (Walt Disney). By creating a theme park, Walt Disney has shown that he takes part in his work and enjoys it. Disney has created Disneyland as a park for both kids and adults to go to have fun and be separated from normal everyday life. Disney wants kids to use their imagination to better perfect the world and the park. By keeping his head up with pride, Walt Disney has proved that being proud in your work has an effect in it. He was proud in his company and in himself, which led to the start and continued process of his Disney Corporation. 

Walt Disney is seen and described as a hero because of the way he takes responsibility of his creations and actions, helps others in times of need, and takes pride and joy in what he has shown the world. Walt Disney did many things as we have learned from. He helped out as an ambulance driver and created the California Institute of the Arts. He took responsibility when he led his company into ruins and rebuilt them and created a total of sixty-three movies. He has shown that he was proud for founding his company and for created his two theme parks, Disneyland and Disney World. Walt Disney inspires many others and me specifically due to the fact that he is a hero. He has exemplified the three traits of responsibility, helpfulness, and pride and shows them wherever he goes. He fills both kids and adults with hope, and shows them that if they let their imagination run wild their own dreams may come true. As I have shown, Walt Disney is a hero. He demonstrates these traits to himself and others. He continues to be a good role model wherever he goes and is proud to go anywhere. He does not let something stop him, but continues to build around it. This is the reason Walt Elias Disney is a hero in my eyes.