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Walt Disney As Walt Disney was growing up, his dad fathered many children. Walt’s parents traveled very much because they always seemed to see new and better things. They lived in England, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, etc. Elias, Walt’s dad was a hard man. “He worked hard, lived modestly, and worshiped devoutly. He did neither smoking nor drinking nor cursing nor carousing.” (Gabler 3.) Walt was the age of four when his dad decided to move again. From Chicago to missouri, “That was the big moment when we were going to go away” said Walt. (Pg 9). “Walt Disney would remember Marceline, Missouri. He would remember it more vividly than anything else in his childhood, perhaps more vividly than any place in his entire lifetime.” His wife would say. “He didn’t live there very long. He lived in Chicago and Kansas City much longer. But there was something about the farm that was very important to him.” (Pg 10.) Although Walt did not start school until he was seven due to the fact that his parents didn’t have a way to take him. Walt still managed to stay in school and was most successful throughout High School. When Walt went to live in Chicago as summer was ending, he enrolled to William McKinley High School as a freshman. Walt had only been at McKinley High School about a month when the school magazine pronounced: “Walt Disney, one of the new consumers, has displayed unusual artistic talent and has become the Voice Cartoonist.” (Pg 33.) For most of the rest of the year, Walt spend very much time drawing cartoons for The Voice, which was the Ll | 2 name of the high school magazine. The art teacher had even gave him an assignment. The assignment was to draw the human body and when he did, the teacher had thought he copied it. She then made him redraw it in front of the class. Walt was encouraged by one of the Voice editors and