cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 26 days agoWhy was Eeyore so sad in Winnie the Pooh? What did he need that could have made him happier?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down15
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhy was Eeyore so sad in Winnie the Pooh? What did he need that could have made him happier?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 26 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-226 days agoHow does he meaningfully distinguish between this imagined ideal as opposed to an objective profile of his actual conditions? What does he feel is lacking or being denied regardless of the validity of his evaluation?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·26 days agoThose are questions nobody but AA Milne could answer. We can guess and hypothesize, but he’s not a real creature. He never had a real life or any real experiences. He is whatever Milne, and eventually Disney, wanted him to be.
How does he meaningfully distinguish between this imagined ideal as opposed to an objective profile of his actual conditions?
What does he feel is lacking or being denied regardless of the validity of his evaluation?
Those are questions nobody but AA Milne could answer. We can guess and hypothesize, but he’s not a real creature. He never had a real life or any real experiences. He is whatever Milne, and eventually Disney, wanted him to be.
Fair, thank you