The Tao of Pooh

In the Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff tries to explain to Westerners and a rather confused Pooh-bear that Pooh is the epitome of the Tao principle of P’u: The Uncarved Block. P’u states that things are naturally powerful when left in their original simplistic state. Though he doesn’t have much brain, the world is kind to Pooh. He is in harmony with himself and his environment, so life fun. The Pooh Way characterizes Taoism in action. It is effortless, being Sensitive to Circumstance and accommodating

“The Way of Chinese Painting,” 1959, New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Sze discusses the philosophy known as Daoism/Tao, or “the way.” Before one became a skilled painter, one trained in the personal disciplines of poetry, art, calligraphy, and internal

didn’t get to enjoy the ride there. In my opinion, the biggest Busy Backson out there is America. America today is only ever focused on the reward. To America, the journey is just an obstacle they have to swivel around to reach their goal. In The Tao of Pooh, the characters reveal how America is negatively a Busy Backson. Although I’ve only been working at Starbucks for three weeks, I would like to think that I have a handle on things. At least, that’s what I thought until a customer walked up with

“To what extent does Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne have realistic values?” Kenji Palavino Cypress Creek High School 2014 Word Count: 3719 Number of Pages: 15 Abstract A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh appears to be a simple children’s novel. However, Winnie the Pooh is a complex and poetic work that conveys the themes of a child’s life, Taoism, and the harsh reality. Whether it be consciously or unconsciously, Milne’s skill at using both child-like and silly literature as well as inserting themes

believe life has a flow and nature is what keeps everything connected. Taoism is “the way” to keep a balance between mankind and nature because humans depend on nature, not the other way around. The Tao of the Pooh is written to teach about Taoism allegorically, using the story of Winnie the Pooh. Pooh is portrayed as a Western Taoist who describes a painting in China called “The Vinegar Tasters”. It is a representation of Kong Qi, also known as Confucius, Buddha, and Laozi, who are vinegar

Many of the African proverbs are similar towards many sayings from other countries also. Bertolt Brecht a German poet’s writing, “Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon” (Bertolt Brecht) can be similar towards the Ashanti’s meaningful message about how, “hunger is felt by a king” although Bertolt’s quote was not the exact same and both creators obviously did not know each other his quote can be implied in a way to this. A book is a tremendously strong weapon because books have the power to

Lao-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events. There are some images that come to mind when one thinks of Daoism, such as simplicity, nature, and harmony. When I think of Daoism I think of Winnie the pooh, Ying Yang, and the painting of the 3 sages. These images are the epitome of Daoism, and replicates what Daoism is all about. Ying Yang is a universal symbol of harmony. Ying Yang is also a simplistic design that represents Daoism, and its harmonious

to better themselves by making important changes, and ones who think there is no need for change due to the belief that everything about them is perfect. In the two books, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, the characters Okonkwo, Nwoye, and Pooh all illustrate the effects of accepting and or resisting change. In Chinua Achebe’s, Things Fall Apart, the character Okonkwo shows the negative outcome of resisting change. Due to a rough

at times, connects the reader to the sublimity of the infinite universal One. In Taoist terms, Wordsworth’s poems exemplify being in harmony with the Tao. In the same vein as The Tao of Pooh by the talented author Benjamin Hoff, which introduces the Eastern belief system of Taoism to Westerners by using the famous cartoon figure of Winnie the Pooh as an example, this essay will examine the works “Tintern Abbey” and “Ode on Intimations of Immortality” to demonstrate William Wordsworth as a venerable

Introduction Winnie the Pooh is a children’s storybook written by one of the most famous children’s British writers, Alan Alexander Milne in 1926. Milne’s inspiration of the character was from a stuffed animal that his son, Christopher Robin owned in the nursery. Therefore, Milne made up a special bedtime story for and about his son; it was about a “silly old bear”, some other animal friends and many pots of honey. The Pooh series, including Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner were instant big