Summary Of The Tao Of Pooh
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Book: The Tao of Pooh
Description Author’s Name
Benjamin Hoff Place of Publication
New York, Dutton Date of Publication
1982 # of Pages
158 Pages Summary of the Book Author Benjamin Hoff made a novel based on a world of childhood characters, but sends a message about how the religion Taoism is organized and what it is. The way that Hoff describes Tao is pretty convenient though. He uses the characters to his advantage in his Novel to describe the ways of Taoism. Hoff gave Pooh a special way of expressing Taoism, Pooh seemed to be living a full and great life by doing really nothing, and it was “The Pooh Way”. As in other character like Rabbit and Piglet, they had been experiencing a more unfulfilled life due to their stressful …show more content…
The first lesson seems more literal is it was more of Hoff's lesson, This lesson was to learn what Taoism is, the reader learns little by little of what Taoism really is though the scenes of the book. The other lesson, which is applied though the storyline of this novel, the lesson is to “be”, Pooh is set in his own way of living his life. He lives and that’s it. He doesn’t overdo or overthink in his life. Pooh lives his life to the max potential. Pooh's goal throughout out the story was to live life without stress or without doing more than what you need. In the beginning of the novel, Pooh and the narrator talk about a copy of “The Vinegar Tasters” that the narrator owns, there was a graphic depicted on it, what was shown was 3 men standing around a big pot of vinegar, each man represented Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Although the men representing Buddhism and Confucianism found the vinegar to be bitter or sour. But the man that represented Taoism tasted it, he found it to be sweet. As Taoism is living life to its potential, what comes with it is a sweet
Book: The Tao of Pooh
Description Author’s Name
Benjamin Hoff Place of Publication
New York, Dutton Date of Publication
1982 # of Pages
158 Pages Summary of the Book Author Benjamin Hoff made a novel based on a world of childhood characters, but sends a message about how the religion Taoism is organized and what it is. The way that Hoff describes Tao is pretty convenient though. He uses the characters to his advantage in his Novel to describe the ways of Taoism. Hoff gave Pooh a special way of expressing Taoism, Pooh seemed to be living a full and great life by doing really nothing, and it was “The Pooh Way”. As in other character like Rabbit and Piglet, they had been experiencing a more unfulfilled life due to their stressful …show more content…
The first lesson seems more literal is it was more of Hoff's lesson, This lesson was to learn what Taoism is, the reader learns little by little of what Taoism really is though the scenes of the book. The other lesson, which is applied though the storyline of this novel, the lesson is to “be”, Pooh is set in his own way of living his life. He lives and that’s it. He doesn’t overdo or overthink in his life. Pooh lives his life to the max potential. Pooh's goal throughout out the story was to live life without stress or without doing more than what you need. In the beginning of the novel, Pooh and the narrator talk about a copy of “The Vinegar Tasters” that the narrator owns, there was a graphic depicted on it, what was shown was 3 men standing around a big pot of vinegar, each man represented Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Although the men representing Buddhism and Confucianism found the vinegar to be bitter or sour. But the man that represented Taoism tasted it, he found it to be sweet. As Taoism is living life to its potential, what comes with it is a sweet