Character Analysis Winnie The Pooh

A character in a novel can represent a larger idea in society. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, each character is illustrated to represent a larger idea in society. Ralph represents democracy, Jack represents savagery, and Piggy represents a scientific approach.

Piggy, though not the most memorable in The Lord of the Flies, resonated the most whilst reading this book. Piggy is the stereotypical nerdy kid who seems to be perpetually bullied, even when he is on a deserted island. He has pinkish skin with glasses and asthma with a belly that ate perhaps too much candy from his aunt’s candy shop. While Piggy is almost useless physically, he is very strong mentally, and proves this when he formulates the idea of the conch, but is too weak to blow into it and call everyone. Piggy seems socially awkward, as if he hasn’t spent much times with his fellow peers and rather passed the time with the adults in this life. We see this when Piggy frequently parrots his aunt’s advice such as “My auntie told me not to run… on account of my

Lord of the Flies is often claimed to be an allegory of modern society. While this is true, Golding’s intentions in writing this novel are much deeper. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies provides an enlightening insight into the true nature of human beings; along with why people refrain from acting upon the evil that resides within them. He presents these ideas through symbolism within the novel and it proves effective in many ways. Through symbolism, Golding can unfold the excellent plot of his novel, while subsequently sharing his ideas on the relationship of mankind and society. Golding uses the beast, the conch shell, and Piggy’s glasses to symbolize the human impulse towards ‘savagery’ and the social constructs put in place to prevent it.

When Pooh's head is stuck in the vase CR laughs at first before helping him out. These mistakes as well as the spelling errors are seen only by the adult reader just as CR can see the amusing errors of the animals. These mistakes may suggests the adult view of childhood where children make foolish and amusing mistakes from which they will eventually learn. By appointing this position of authority to CR the character suggests that the narrator not only appeals to CR the listener and other listeners but also gives them a character to strive to be like. This then leads to another characteristic of CR the character as nurturing as something that listeners could strive to be like.

Sometimes, looks can be deceiving. Nobody can predict the success of a person simply according to his/her appearance. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the consequences of making the incorrect decision based on one’s looks is revealed. In this novel, a group of young British boys are stranded on an isolated island with no adults as a result of a plane crash. They must remain civilized and create rules themselves to ensure that order is not lost. To do so, they elect a fair-haired and attractive boy named Ralph as the island’s chief. However, when a strange beast makes its appearance on the island, panic rules over the boys. Ralph’s control over the group is diminished as Jack takes over. All faith in being saved is lost when

Going on adventures or quests is a repeated theme in Winnie-the-Pooh which uses spontaneity as part of play in order to have fun. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, playing for adventure pertains to “senses relating to recreation, pleasure, and enjoyment.” Every character in Winnie-the-Pooh goes on adventures or quests and one adventure that the group goes on is in chapter eight that is called; “In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole.” Christopher Robin is the only human character who leads the group of animals on an expedition to find the North Pole in the Hundred Acre Woods. Although the world of the Hundred Acre Woods is a fantasy, the quest of going to find the North Pole is evoked as being light-hearted fun. When Pooh describes Christopher Robin

In the book ¨Lord of the Flies¨ by William Golding, the character Piggy was very weak and unhelpful. Piggy had no say in anything and when he tried to talk everyone ignored him or was rude towards him. He did not stand up for himself much but when he did, still nobody respected him like they did Ralph or Jack. Piggy is weak, unhelpful, but is symbolized as power for Ralph because without him, he has nobody and is powerless. Piggy was just there for his specs to be used to make fires to cook meat and make a signal to possibly be rescued. He was not that necessary to the novel seeing how he was a weak character.

Lyddie changed a lot from the begging of the book to the end of the book. She shows manny ways of change during the book.

“Winnie-the-Pooh” by A.A Milne presents its readers with a multitude of archetypes. One such archetype is Owl, who perhaps would be considered the smartest resident of One Hundred Acre Wood. In most fictional stories, the Owl is considered to be an knowledgeable character and such is the case in the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh. Owl displays signs of intelligence when he is often asked to spell different words or asked for advice by our fellow characters. However, it is important to note that his intelligence is also his weakness as it often comes under question. His inability to actually spell and read correctly often indicates signs of his flawed intelligence and sign of dyslexia. At times, owl tends to be absent-minded, often ignoring

1 Character: A character is a “person” in a literary work. This person can be a representation of a person, place, or thing performing traditionally human activities or functions in a work of fiction. Example: In "Winnie the Pooh," the main characters are Christopher Robin and his friends Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, and Eeyore.

Bias against individuals with a mental illness label can be traced back to early childhood, therefore, many parents hesitate to seek out help for their children just for them to have a characterization of not being well mentally. Others tend to focus on the challenging behaviors instead of the positive characteristics of someone receiving a diagnosis of a learning, behavioral, or emotional disorder. Many continue to suffer in silence, because they do not want to be see noted for their mental illness diagnosis, but for who they are and what they can accomplish. For examples, when an adult or child has been categorized as having a learning, behavior, or emotional problems (Austism, ADHD, manic-depressive) a label can be detrimental, because there are many degrees of disability and ability that gets lost with a generic label that affects educational and social possibilities. Professionals have to be careful over labels given out, because a mere diagnosis is complex, and can have many ramifications on the patient receiving it. In the article, “Mental Illness is Too Broadly Defined,” University Provost Steven E Hyman’s (Professor of Neurobiology and former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health) statement about how psychiatry defines and measures mental illness is, “We have no equivalent of a blood-pressure cuff or blood test or brain scan that is diagnostic (Mental Health, 2007).” Hyman’s statement is just

The One Hundred Acre Wood is a sweet, harmonious place A.A. Milne has created to house the characters his son, Christopher Robin, plays with. Within the One Hundred Acre Wood, places are marked by how a certain character has manipulated the land, or marked it by some importance. Two of the characters are Winnie-the-Pooh, a resilient, idealist bear, and a glum donkey that assumes the worst named, Eeyore. The way in which the two interact with their world is very different. In the stories, Pooh is often wandering around the One Hundred Acre Wood without a clear destination until he is presented with either another character or something that manages to catch his limited attention.

Driven by the anger that his glasses were stolen, Piggy became surprisingly confident, which is shown through this quote. Piggy is deeply attached to his glasses and is proud that he has “been wearing specs since [he] was three.” (p. 3) Even though one of the lens is broken, he constantly wipes his glasses because they remind him of his life back home. Now, with his glasses taken by Jack and his tribe, Piggy is practically blind. Because he has been judged and hurt so much for being fat, having asthma and wearing glasses, Piggy feels that Jack can’t do anymore damage. Piggy has finally had enough and wants Jack and everyone else to stop. Being a sensible person, Piggy likes to follow rules, so he expects Jack to give him his glasses back,

The boys treat Piggy as an outsider because he promotes civility and acting logically insulting the boys' thoughts and actions. When the boys are meeting at an assembly discussing plans for the island, Piggy describes the boys as acting “Like a pack of kids!” (45). Piggy is using “Like a pack of kids” in a derogatory way. He is saying that it is bad to act like kids, even though they are children, and they should act like formal adults. He goes on to say that in order to be rescued, they must “put first things first and act proper” (45). Piggy is saying that in order to accomplish their goal of being rescued, they must act properly and do tasks in a logical order. In this case, they should have initially built shelters. This illustrates that

The death of Simon was unfortunate, he had very little leaning to his favor. He would sneak off so not to show others his outbursts, all while the frightening beast had appeared putting others on edge, and the storm also adding to the fright factor. Simon has sneaked off multiple times before, “Simon turned away from them and went where the just perceptible path led him,” he managed to create a small path through the greenery leading him to his tree (Golding 57). But his late night treks can sometimes cause the littluns fright. Phil woke up in the middle of the night to see Simon return, “I saw something moving among the trees, something big and horrid,” (Golding 91).