Boy and Bear is a perfect representation of Winnie the Pooh really, and its easy to relate to by multiple generations. The style of the music might be a little different for those that are considered more old school and less apt to really enjoy anything but the classics, but overall the effect is one that is both calm and touching. For a long time Winnie The Pooh has been a childhood classic, but he’s also been something of a nostalgic story that’s filled with regret as well.
You might ask why this is, but the answer is pretty simple. Winnie the Pooh and his friends are for the most part self-reliant, but it is Christopher Robin, the REAL Christopher Robin, that needed them the most.
As a child Christopher’s parents wanted a girl and when he came out as a boy they were so taken back by this unwanted and unexpected development that they remained emotionally detached and treated him with a kind of patient and kind neglect. They cared for him, but in a way that wasn’t entirely nurturing. Instead, his nanny took care of raising him, and as he grew he came to value her and the chance she gave him to go on his own little adventures.
The hundred-acre wood was actually inspired by Ashdown forest which was near his home. It was here that he would run about and play with his imaginary friends Winnie, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Roo. Christopher Robin relied heavily on them growing up and enjoyed their company no matter that much of what was happening was only in his imagination. When his father got a hold of the fact that his son had such a vivid imagination however he took to writing about the stories and thus, Winnie the Pooh was born.
Christopher was elated at first to know that his father was giving him attention and could make something of his stories, but as the years began to move forward and the fame began to take its toll Christopher Robin. He was bullied relentlessly at boarding school while his father rode the wave of fame and fortune thanks to his imagination and stories. Eventually the bullying stopped when he learned how to fight back, but the distance between Christopher and his father continued to grow as his father’s fame spread far and wide and Winnie the Pooh became a well-known name.
Christopher enlisted in the army and eventually survived World War II. Eventually he started his own family and his own business, but he was still haunted by the fame that his father had set in motion. Despite the insistence that he should be happy to be a part of literary history Christopher was still disillusioned by what his father had done and the distance that remained between them. At that point Winnie the Pooh was the bane of his existence.
Eventually he would write his own story about the factual adventures and wonderful times he had as a child. That helped to alleviate the pain he felt when thinking about his childhood, and soon enough he came to love the stories of Winnie the Pooh again, and found the joy in the story despite his past.
This song definitely captures the need that Pooh and Christopher Robin have for one another.
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