Kanga And Roo's Relationships

As a child, I loved crawling into bed while my mother or father read me a bedtime story. There were shelves of books all around my room, and my favorite collection was located closest to my bed, my Winnie the Pooh book series. I watched Winnie the Pooh videos and read all of the books growing up and became very familiar with the characters. As I watched the interactions between the characters as a kid, I saw a fun loving group of animal friends who loved spending time together. Just as Christopher Robin began to grow up and get a bit too old for his friends in the One Hundred Acre Woods I too got older and grew over my obsession with the characters from the story. Maybe the characters were no longer relatable to me and I could not see any …show more content…
Kanga is an extremely overprotective mother, and this is going to have an effect on both Kanga and Roo, and their future relationship. According to Shea et. Al (2000) the first problem with their relationship is the struggles Kanga has with being a single parent. She is very possessive over her only child, and eventually it will become harmful as it will inhibit Roo from living his own life and becoming an individual. The sweet loving mother son relationship in the Pooh Bear series has many more problems than I had previously noticed. I believe this is one of the most relatable issues brought up among the characters because it is common for children growing up to have an over-involved parent, or the opposite, a parent who does not show any concern where they may wish to have a relationship more like Kanga and Roo. From this relationship you can learn the positives and negatives and discern when you may be crossing the …show more content…
Pooh bear is not the most intelligent character in the books, but he does not really mind his lack of intelligence. He is care-free and gets very excited about honey. Many stories focus on his hunt for honey, and he is happiest when there is honey in his honey jar. Some may think Pooh has everything together and is the most normal of all the characters, but I would like to propose an analysis of his character and suggest he may have a certain degree of mental retardation. Many individuals with this disorder are not affected by their lack of cognitive abilities or understanding and go through life with a positive attitude and a smile on their face. Pooh, although he may have this disability is extremely happy and will get through life just fine with a bit of care from his friends, especially his loving friend Christopher