Summary+Kathy

.Summary. That Sort of Bear  That Sort of Bear starts with the conversation between the author and Pooh. They discuss about the song ‘ Ode to Joy ’  and Pooh says that he likes the part where it goes “ Sing Ho! For the life of a Bear, ”  and Hoff argues that Pooh ’ s version of the song is probably written by Pooh, himself(115).

Hoff introduces the main topic that will be discussed throughout this chapter —“ enjoying life and being special ” <span style="font-family: 바탕;">(116). Then, there is an excerpt of a passage from //Winnie the Pooh// where Rabbit is explaining the importance of each character on an adventure. Rabbit says that <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“‘ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">Without Pooh, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’… <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">‘ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">the adventure would be impossible, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> and Pooh agrees by saying <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“‘ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">Impossible without Me! //That// sort of Bear. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’” <span style="font-family: 바탕;">(117). Hoff says that no matter how useful we are, sometimes it takes time for us to actually recognize our values. He uses //The Stonecutter// as an example: it is a story about a stonecutter who becomes, due to his own desires, a merchant, a high official, the scorching sun, the mighty cloud, and finally the most powerful thing on earth <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">— <span style="font-family: 바탕;">a stone. However, in the end, he is helplessly hammered down by a stonecutter.



Hoff soon explains how we have to learn how to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">Believe <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> in order to take control of our lives and accomplish something worthy(120). He uses a couple of examples to support this idea, and the first one is about a thirty-two-year-old man preparing to suicide due to his tragic life. Looking into the lake he was about to drop in, he asked himself <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">what a small man in his position could possibly do <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> and the answer he received was that <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">he was[is] now free to take risks, to initiate action on his own, and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">… <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> to help other people. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;">(121). After he returned home, he started doing things that the //universe// taught him to do, and he was successful in changing his life completely <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">— <span style="font-family: 바탕;">he was able to accomplish this by believing and taking chances. The second example is about a little boy that was expelled from school because he //caused trouble//. He went to school for three months, and that was all the education he could get in his life. He got a job as a laboratory assistant but was fired. Yet, he still did not give up and finally became the foremost inventor in American history <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">— <span style="font-family: 바탕;">this man <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s name was Thomas Edison. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (122). Hoff proves this by giving another example from //Winnie the Pooh//: it was when all of Pooh <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s friend went on an adventure to find the North Pole and Roo fell in the stream. Everyone was doing //something//, but not actually usefully helping Roo. Only the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">Positive Pooh <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> was looking around finding what he could do to save Roo(123). Soon, he used a long branch to help Roo out safely. Roff explains that <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">more often than not, the things we need are there already; all we have to do is make use of them. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (124). Another example that supports this quote is when Piglet was trapped by the flood. Piglet knows that he is a very small animal who can <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">t do anything, unlike all of his other friends. Suddenly he remembered a story of a man in the desert who wrote something in a bottle and threw it in the water so that someone could perhaps read it and come to rescue. So Piglet did the same, and Pooh got Piglet <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s message floating in the water. Pooh threw a big honey jar into the water and jumped into it, drifted to Christopher <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s house, and made a plan of how to rescue Piglet. Piglet was saved at last. The two examples mentioned also portrays the meaning of the Taoist term, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">Tz <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">u <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> which means <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">caring <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> or <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">compassion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;">(128).

One day Pooh and Piglet visits Owl. Pooh talks about what a blusterous day it is when they hear a loud cracking noise, and Pooh starts falling towards Piglet. Soon after, Pooh comes up with a plan to push a string through the letter box on Owl <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s ceiling, then Piglet would hold onto the end of the string and Pooh and Owl would pull the other end. And finally with one last squeeze, he was out.

Hoff converses with Pooh about the abundant amount of shoes in Pooh <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s closet. Pooh explains that he had to buy it because the salesman was so nice to him and made him feel important. Pooh agrees that he should return all the shoes back because he can <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">t use them. He says that there were a lot of people like him, who bought shoes when they didn <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">t even have to use them necessarily. The conversation ends with Hoff saying <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">a lot of people try to buy happiness and importance in the same sort of way. But //you// can be happy and important without doing that, you know. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (133).

The Tiddely-Pom Principle, or the Snowball Effect is expressed through a song by Pooh: //<span style="font-family: 바탕;">The more it snows // //<span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (Tiddely pom), // //<span style="font-family: 바탕;">The more it goes // //<span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (Tiddely pom), // //<span style="font-family: 바탕;">The more it goes // //<span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (Tiddely pom), // //<span style="font-family: 바탕;"> On snowing // <span style="font-family: 바탕;">(134) It is called the Snowball effect because when we push a little snowball across snow, the ball gets bigger and bigger <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">until it got so big you couldn <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">t stop it, and it rolled all the way down the hill and flattened the neighbor <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s car, and soon everyone was talking about the Huge Snowball that //you// let completely out of control. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (134). Hoff says that when we work with the Tiddely-Pom Principle, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">you use respect to build Respect. The more it snows, the more it goes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (135). Once, Eeyore discovers a new house for Owl, but it turns out to be Piglet <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s. Eeyore asks Piglet if he thinks it <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s a good house for Owl, and Piglet agrees even though it <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s his. Piglet is very hesitant, when Pooh says <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">He <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">d come and live with me <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">… <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> wouldn <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">t you, Piglet? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;">(136). Hoff suggests to be appreciative of who we are and what we <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">ve got if we want to be really happy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">re a part of a continuous cycle that beings right here. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (137) Chuang-tse says that <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">the courageous spirit of a single man can inspire to victory an army of thousands. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> The chapter ends with Christopher <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s party. He gives his prepared present to pooh, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">“ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">Of coursed it <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s for Pooh. Because he <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">’ <span style="font-family: 바탕;">s that sort of Bear. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 바탕;">” <span style="font-family: 바탕;"> (139)