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Analysis Of Winnie The Pooh
Winnie the Pooh – an endearing children’s book or a dark story about mental illness? In 1926, the first Winnie the Pooh-book came out and has since then been read by generations of children enjoying the stories of the loveable bear. The plot revolves around Winnie and his friends, Christopher-Robin, Tiger, Piglet and Eeyore among others, who live in the Hundred-Acre Wood and have various adventures together. But is this all there is to the story, or did the author A.A. Milne want to show something more? According to a theory that recently has sufaced on the internet and quickly gained popularity, Pooh’s friends each embody different mental illnesses. To the people familiar with the stories of A.A. Milne it might not come as a surprise that

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