Winnie Pooh Psychoanalysis

Children’s literature is the precedent for the development of all children. Children’s literature varies from poetry to children’s picture books. Every aspect of children’s literature gives an ability to grow a child mentally and develop their ideas and imagination. In early literature, children were romanized to be perfect and well behaved. Author Maurice Sendak counters the idea of a perfect child in his book “Where The Wild Things Are”. Sendak uses his picture book to illustrate a child’s ability to have feelings of anger, resentment, and frustration. The interviewer, Patrick F. Roughen of Red Feather Journal states that“Where the Wild Things Are (1963) contains some of the earliest attempts in children’s literature to represent the intrapsychic challenges of the lives of children. Anger, frustration, and the complexities of parent-child relationships can be found throughout its pages”. “Where the Wild Things Are” reinforces the idea that children are capable of emotions that one would imagine are only depicted in the adult world.

Parents often say, “Listen to your elders.” This cliché can make some people apathetic, but when looking back, most appreciate the wisdom of their elders. The knowledge imparted to children is crucial for their ability to understand and improve the world. In XIV by Derek Walcott, the speaker uses imagery, metaphor, and other literary devices to convey the storyteller’s significance to his life.

When readers read a story written by an author they will usually think that the author likes to read books and is what led the author to writing a book. William Goldman said, “As a child, I had no Interest in reading” (Goldman 3), this can lead readers to imagining the author as a young child rather than an adult not wanting to read a book. When Readers imagine the author as a young child the image imagined can give a better sense of how the author felt as a young child. The imagination of a child giving the reader a picture to think about is less complex than that of a adult giving a reader a picture to think about.

Anthropomorphism is a healthy way for children to be introduced to difficult plots and emotional characteristics that real human beings encounter. Although some interpretations of anthropomorphic animal use in books are negative because the fear that animals in reality do not have human characteristics, and thus confuse the child reader. Others offer the view that in order to fully understand ourselves, anthropomorphism is the key to a child’s development of imagination. Bringing in the element of believable characters makes a story based upon the child’s needs and creates a lifelong love of books.

In “A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur and “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins, the authors both argue that innocence is necessary to cultivate the ideal child via their protective tones, deceptive plot, and contrasting rhyme schemes.

On page 93, chapter 6, the author says, “Dally was standing there, and when he saw me he screamed. ‘For Pete's sake, get out of there that roof’s gonna cave in any minute. Forget those blasted kids!’ I didn’t pay attention, although pieces of the old roof were crashing down way to close for comfort. I snatched up another kid, hoping he didn't bite him, and dropped him without waiting to see if he landed okay or not.” This shows that Ponyboy is caring because even though he could’ve left, not saving any of those kids dying in the fire, and would´ve not be injured, he didn’t leave and he saved the poor children from dying in the

When Winnie gets kidnapped by the Tucks. The man in the yellow suit sees Winnie and the Tucks walking through the woods. He follows them back to there house, steels there horse, then heads back to the fosters house and tells them he knows where their daughters at but he ain't telling them… only under one condition, if they trade their family land , that they have had forever, for the way to their daughter.

Ponyboy realizes he’s not alone and maybe now realizing this, he could help others feel special and unique.

Johnny got severely injured and rushed to the hospital where, “ The pillow seemed to sink a little and Johnny died¨ (148). This choice impacted Ponyboy because he loses his very close friend. He now feels as though he can't move on in his life, but later learns to appreciate what is most important to him while it is still in his

In Freudian therapy, or psychoanalysis, healing occurs when repressed thoughts and feelings are brought in to consciousness. This allows the patient to develop a stronger ego and resolve internal

Jody tries to be a normal, playful 10-year-old, but his father does not allow it. Instead, he tries to speed up the child’s maturity by giving him a pony to take care of. In Carl’s

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On the surface the story portrays a young boy living his life in the beautiful world of the Hundred Acre Wood, with his not so conventional group of animal friends. “However, perspectives change with time, and it is clear to our group of modern neurodevelopmentalists that these are in fact stories of Seriously Troubled Individuals, many of whom meet DSM-IV3 criteria for significant disorders (Table 1)” (Shea, 2000). Shea (2000), and team, did an extensive review of the works of A.A. Milne. They looked deeper into the hidden meanings of each characters actions and behaviors to decipher the meanings behind each characters behaviors and actions. While Shea (2000) and team looked at all the characters, Winnie the Pooh is going to be the focus.

Although many view children's fiction as suitable only to children, and an embarrassingly immature pursuit for a serious person, children' stories mold the way we think. They allows us to look at very complex and difficult issues in a safe and playful way, and they give us the freedom to imagine the unimaginable.

Human beings are unique and individual in one way or another with different personality theories. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Alfred Alder psychoanalytic theories about the human mind were very similar and different at the same time. To this day, attempts to prove the theories of these men are still taking place. All three of these men agreed that human behavior, as an adult, was a direct result of the individual's childhood experiences that would paint a lasting impression on the world around them. Freud, Jung, and Adler believed parenting and childhood development was the significant impact for shaping the personality. Dreaming and daydreaming played a major role in shaping character as well.