Winnie the Pooh
Everyone has a favorite cartoon character they love or grown up on as a child. Mines happen to be the most adorable, ticklish, honey eating bear in the hundred acre woods. I love Winnie the pooh so much, that I went and got a tattoo of him on my right shoulder. Let’s go on a wonderful journey into my favorite bear “Pooh” and how the world became to love him. Winnie the pooh was an imagination character thought up by A.A. Milne, when he gave his son Christopher Robin Milne a teddy bear. With him exploring his imagination, A. Milne created other characters from his son’s other stuffed animals, such as Piglet, Eeyore, Roo, and Tigger. His son’s name was also used as a character in his many untold stories and imagination that hadn’t yet been introduced to the world. Would you believe the hundred acre woods was created based off Ashdown Forest in Sussex England, which happens to both be identical one real and as one’s imagination. As A. Milne began to write his stories about the enchanted forest he studied and walked the beloved forest depicting everything from the trees, rivers, and
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Pooh bear was known as slow-witted, friendly, and thoughtful as well as being very fond of honey, which became his signature food throughout the books and movies. He loved honey so much that he made a song about it called “Everything is honey”. From his red little shirt to his golden-brown fur, pooh made everything around him fun, exciting, and adventurous for his friends as well as his best pal Christopher Robin. It was amazing as a kid to wake up every Saturday morning just to catch the new adventures of Winnie the pooh on ABC. I loved that show so much that I asked my mom and dad to buy me the Winnie the pooh backpack, the shoes, and to decorate my room just like the television
The author Ken Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado and went to Stanford University. He volunteered to be used for an experiment in the hospital because he would get paid. In the book “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, Kesey brings up the past memories to show how Bromden is trying to be more confident by using those thoughts to make him be himself. He uses Bromden’s hallucinations, Nurse Ratched’s authority, and symbolism to reveal how he’s weak, but he builds up more courage after each memory.
Woody’s courage and selflessness is shown when he is contemplating on if he should go back to save his friends from the torture at Sunnyside Daycare. He discusses among his new pals on what he should do. They all told him not to go because it would be a suicide mission, but he does not listen. At this moment he says, “ I don’t care how dangerous it may be. I need to go save my friends to go back home to Andy.” (Toy Story 3). This shows that although Woody knows that he might get caught and be tortured, he does not care. All he cares about is being able to go back to Andy with everybody. Also, Woody is a selfless leader because he decides that he can not leave his friends alone at Sunnyside. Instead of staying in the state of comfort he was in, Woody decided that he needs to save his friends from the evil, pink, strawberry- scented bear, named Lotso.
In Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the reader has the experience to understand what it was like to live in an insane asylum during the 1960’s. Kesey shows the reader the world within the asylum of Portland Oregon and all the relationships and social standings that happen within it. The three major characters’ groups, Nurse Ratched, the Black Boys, and McMurphy show how their level of power effects how they are treated in the asylum. Nurse Ratched is the head of the ward and controls everything that goes on in it, as she has the highest authority in the ward and sabotages the patients with her daily rules and rituals. These rituals include her servants, the Black Boys, doing anything she tells them to do with the patients.
Yano, perfectly supports the veiled truth of Hello Kitty and Uyehara uses the Hello Kitty Doll to symbolize the “mute[ed] presence that does not look back at you or judge”, an “Asian female” who is obedient and listens. In scene two, the Hello Kitty Doll would be the alternate persona of the VEGETABLE GIRL and MAD KABUKI WOMAN, “the submissive Asian female, the wildcat, and the innocent little doll” (Prasso 149, 150), all signs of Yellow Fever. Uyehara placed the Hello Kitty Doll and all the accessories as part of the text to communicate to the audience that Yellow Fever is considered a ridiculous fetishism of the Asian female
After he uncovers Teddy’s paper world, the uncle reacts in a manner of ignorance and derision, mocking him for his decision to occupy himself with paper dolls. The uncle dubs Teddy as a “great big lummox … playing with paper dolls”, insulting Teddy for his hobbies with a tone of amusement and hysteria. In spite of Teddy’s agitation, the uncle prefers to make a mockery out of Teddy rather than accepting his unique hobbies, suggesting the uncle’s belief that Teddy’s activities are unfitting of someone of his age. In addition, Teddy’s uncle further aggravates Teddy by continuously ridiculing him, leading him to eventually destroy his treasured paper world. Despite Teddy’s attempts at validating the reality of his paper dolls, the uncle “burst into laughter, his cheeks the colour of a tomato.” Teddy’s uncle persistence in mocking Teddy implies his disapproval of Teddy’s world, believing that his world is ludicrous and absurd for someone of his age to be occupied with. The sustained laughter of Teddy’s uncle is explicit and deliberate, intended to warn Teddy against his immature hobby, an evident symbol of society’s expectation of
...suing a reward for Eeyore's tail is contradicted by his confusing of the tail for a bell rope. Hence Owl's suggestion sounds more like a repeated statement that he previously heard and this once again shows the adult's notion of children as mimicking adults. Owl's character as knowledge over amusement may be boring to children listening to his intellectual rambles e.g. Roo's boredom with the encyclopedia recital. Hence, characters like Winnie the Pooh who brings amusement may seem more attractive than Owl.
Like many great villains, Lotso became the hateful toy he was because of his past. Once a little girl's favorite toy, Lotso held a special place in the heart of Daisy, his owner. One day, Lotso and a few other toys went to a picnic with Daisy, only to be accidentally left behind. Love for Daisy encouraged the three toys to make the long and treacherous journey back home. What they saw there, however, was not what they expected. Lotso was replaced by another bear toy. It was here that the cuddly bear took a
The treatment of Jews in this time period was abhorrent. The mere fact that Jews were placed into a death camp and exterminated was sufficient. In the film “The boy in the striped pajamas”, a moral issue arises in Germany in World War ll. This film reveals the racial discrimination and prejudice the Jewish people faced. Bruno who is an eight year old boy, is distraught after he learns that he has to leave his current home in Berlin to a new home in Auschwitz due to his father’s promotion to a Nazi commandant of a death camp. Arriving at their new home in Auschwitz, Bruno is lonely with no friends. From his bedroom window, he notices people in stripped pajamas behind a fence. He presumes they are farmers and asks his mother and father if he could meet some new friends on the farm. However, to his disappointment, he is told not to
Piggy beside his glasses symbolizes science and intelligence. Jack, the painted faces, long hair and the naked kids represent wildness and violence, names some of the characters are symbols also, Piggy's name, which considers as a weak animal and in fat the character as well is the week to ( overweight issues, eyesight). The conch also is another symbol, it related to Ralph and Piggy so it represents the order and civilization. The head is a physical symbol as well, it represents evil and the savagery that is inside every
Toy Story is the groundbreaking 1995 motion picture developed by Disney and Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The film was so revolutionary not only because it was the first feature length animation to be created completely by CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) but also, also the film was more rounded in all respects. The characters not only looked more sophisticated and three-dimensional but their personalities were also more human and fewer cartoons like. The film uses a constructed text in order to put across a theme of two very different characters learning to work together beyond their rivalries to rise above a common enemy and work towards a common goal. The film uses characters and imagery very cleverly to portray this theme. The music used in the film is also different to other Disney features. Rather than the characters bursting into song themselves as in Aladdin or Hercules, the songs are played and sung by an outside person (Randy Newman) and reflect the mood and emotions of the characters in a particular scene. For example, the title sequence song “Friend in Me”, when Woody and Andy are playing together, and the scene where Andy’s room has been made over to a Buzz Lightyear theme, “Strange Things” where the song reflects Woody’s confusion and fear not only about the change in his surroundings but also the change in his friends and his own character and self-confidence. The attention to the smallest detail for example the reflections in Buzz’s visor give the film even more realism and depth. The use of unusual and imaginative camera angles, made possible by the use of CGI, also adds to the texture and pace of the film.
Throughout the sixties , America- involved in the Cold War at this time- suffered from extreme fear of communism. This caused numerous severe changes in society ranging from corrupt political oppression, to the twisted treatment of the minority. Published in 1962, Ken Kesey ’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , manages to capture these changes in the variety of ways. Kesey’s novel incorporates some of the main issues that affected the United States during the early and mid 60s. The government had no limits and was cruel to those who did not fit into society, including the mentally ill. The wrongful treatment of the people caused an eruption of rebellion and protest- thus the Beatnik era was born. The novel, written during this movement, sheds light on Kesey’s personal opinion on this chaotic period in US history . The treatment of mentally ill patients, the oppressive government, and uprising in the 1960s inspired Kesey while writing his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Seuss (AKA - Theodor Geisel) which displays the behaviors of an animal to demonstrate the characteristics of faithfulness. In the poem, Dr. Seuss compellingly tells the citizens of Whoville about an amazingly faithful elephant named Horton. Seuss uses casual dialect that all the citizens can understand. And in the true “Seuss Style”, he embraces rhyme, “I meant what I said, and I said what I meant…. An elephant’s faithful one hundred percent!” (1) Repetition is also used to drive his point home, “And it should be, it should be, it SHOULD be like that!”. (2) The imagery of a huge elephant sitting on a tiny egg without cracking it also helps demonstrate the commitment and faithfulness that Horton portrayed. All of these literary devices help drive Dr. Seuss’s main theme, which is that one should be faithful and never give up even when there are easier options! The story begins with Horton and his bird friend named Mayzie, who live in a jungle together. Mayzie has an egg, which is ready to hatch. She, however, does not want the responsibility of hatching the egg herself; so she runs away, leaving the egg with Horton. Being the responsible, kindhearted elephant that he is, he sits on the egg and patiently awaits its hatching. In the meantime, Horton is captured by a traveling circus, but he refuses to leave the egg behind. He takes the egg with him and continues to faithfully protect it, demonstrating
The characters in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are more than whimsical ideas brought to life by Lewis Carroll. These characters, ranging from silly to rude, portray the adults in Alice Liddell’s life. The parental figures in Alice’s reality portrayed in Alice in Wonderland are viewed as unintellectual figures through their behaviors and their interactions with one another.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit was a fictional story for children written by Beatrix Potter. The main character of the story was Peter Rabbit, who had three sisters by the names of Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail. The four bunnies lived with their mother, Mrs. Rabbit, underneath a huge tree in the woods. All the characters displayed the element of anthropomorphic because they are dressed in human clothing and display human characteristics such as walking straight up on their hind legs. The three sisters were wearing a pink to reddish cloak, Peter Rabbit a blue jacket with brown shoes, and the mother a blue chambermaid dress. While Peter Rabbit’s sisters were obedient little bunnies who gathered blackberries, Peter Rabbit was a naughty, disobedient and mischievous young rabbit who gave into temptation rather than to listen to direction.
Alice in Wonderland belongs to the nonsense genre, and even if most of what happens to Alice is quite illogical, the main character is not. “The Alice books are, above all, about growing up” (Kincaid, page 93); indeed, Alice starts her journey as a scared little girl, however, at the end of what we discover to be just a dream, she has entered the adolescence phase with a new way to approach the mentally exhausting and queer Wonderland. It is important to consider the whole story when analyzing the growth of the character, because the meaning of an event or a sentence is more likely to mean what it truly looks like rather than an explanation regarding subconscious and Freudian interpretations. Morton states “that the books should possess any unity of purpose seems on the surface unlikely” (Morton, page 509), but it’s better to consider the disconnected narrative and the main character separately, since the girl doesn’t belong to Wonderland, which is, as Morton says, with no intrinsic unity. Whereas, there are a few key turning points where it is possible to see how Alice is changing, something that is visible throughout her journey. Carroll wants to tell the story of a girl who has to become braver in order to contend with challenges like the pool made by her own tears, or assertive characters, like the Queen.