The author analyzes the function of Disney characters, why they were created and what purpose they serve focusing on Donald Duck’s character. In the introduction, David Kunzle says, this “book studies the Disney productions and their effects on the world. It cannot be a coincidence that much of what they observe in the relationships between the Disney characters can also be found, and maybe, even explained, in the organization of work within the Disney industry.” He goes into detail saying that none of the Disney characters seem to have parents. Characters have cousins, nephews, uncles, and aunts, but there do not seem to be any sons or daughters. He also claims that Disney’s cartoons are used to manipulate children. He says that Donald Duck represents unemployment. “The bourgeois concept of entertainment, and the specific manner in which it is expounded in the world of Disney, is the super structural manifestation of the dislocations and tensions of an advance capitalist historical base. It is altogether normal for readers experiencing the conflicts of their age from within the perspective of the imperialist system, to see their own daily life, and projected future, reflected in the Disney system.”
    This source is valuable to my thesis as it goes into depth describing how Disney characters were constructed. To understand how Disney propaganda was used, it is necessary to analyze the characters, which made Disney cartoons possible. The book also examines how Disney cartoons could affect people suggesting that viewers could identify with the characters.