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Winnie The Pooh Friendship Theme

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“Winnie-The-Pooh” is a collection of tales about the adventures of Pooh and all his friends. This book is written like a narrative in which the author is the narrator. The collection of chapters do not all go along with one another and can be read separately without any particular order. This book starts off with the story about how Pooh was previously known as Edward Bear until he wanted a new name in which Christopher Robin, his owner, came up with the name Winnie-The-Pooh. The name Pooh came from a swam Christopher Robin had once before. After Pooh’s introduction the book goes on to talk about all the adventures Pooh went on throughout his life. One chapter talks about Pooh going through the trouble of sneaking honey from the bees by using …show more content…

All throughout the book Pooh is never embarking on journeys alone. He is always accompanied by a companion, whether it was Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, or the Rabbit. One of the most prominent relationships was between Pooh and Christopher Robin. At the end of some of the chapters, Christopher Robin is telling the narrator he was going to take a bath. He never manages to leave Pooh behind as “he picks him up by the leg, and walked up the stairs trailing Pooh behind him going bump, bump, bump up the stairs” (pg. 21 & 161). Pooh wasn’t just any old bear to Christopher Robin. Christopher adored Pooh and treated him as if he was real. He wanted the narrator to re-tell these stories for Pooh and tell him about their different adventures. Not only was this evident throughout the story, but also through the illustrations. Each illustration has a scene with Pooh and at least one other character showing their closeness. Children can relate to that one stuffed animal that they took everywhere with them. This is almost like one of the first friendships a child has. Although it is with a stuffed animal, the reader is able to get the sense of how much Pooh means to Christopher. Making and keeping friends is not always easy and in middle school this can be especially difficult. This would be a good lesson to teach them the

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