Examples Of Marxism In Winnie The Pooh

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Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived Winnie the Pooh. He lived in a forest by himself, but he also had Christopher Robin and his friends. This book and movie has been re-read and watched with great pleasure over the past generations. That is because of the storytelling, characterization, and the writing. It is because of that imaginary world the students begin to understand literature. Literary theories also come in play. We will now discuss two literary theories in Winnie the Pooh.
Marxist theory is the philosophy that strongly influenced Karl Marx's materialist to theory. In one of the scenes from Winnie the Pooh: Stuck at Rabbit's House, Pooh is eating a lot of honey because Rabbit invited him over to eat some lunch. Pooh must have been eating with sadness or anger because he must have been out of honey at his house. Pooh loves his honey and will always stick to it. …show more content…

In one of the scenes, Rabbit is trying to help Pooh out by trying to get him unstuck from the hole. Rabbit tries to push Pooh out of the hole first, after Pooh has eaten a lot of honey. Then, she tries not to look at it, but she sees his butt in the mirror. Next, Rabbit tries to decorate Pooh's butt with different items, but that does not seem to work either. Finally, one day Pooh moves a little, and Rabbit pushes him out hard and then Pooh goes flying through the air into a tree with bees and more honey. Another scene is where Rue gives Pooh a bouquet of flowers to cheer him up while he is in the hole. Pooh then feels a lot better about being stuck in the hole after Rue gave him the beautiful

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