Padddy Bear Analysis

Paddington Bear

Paddington is based on the Spectacled or Andean bear (Tremarctos Ornatus) from South America. Paddington lived in Darkest Peru with his guardian Aunt Lucy until she retired and became a resident at the Home for Retired Bears. Aunt Lucy taught him fluent English and arranged for him to stow away on a ship headed for England, hidden underneath a life dinghy. The day he left, Paddington took his red hat and suitcase that was packed with marmalade and set off for his new life in England. Upon arriving in England, Paddington stayed inside a train station and sat with his suitcase near the lost and found section of the station. He waited and waited until a family noticed him. This family’s name was the Browns: Mary Brown, Henry Brown,
His inspiration was a lonely teddy bear that he bought for his first wife, Brenda Mary Johnson on Christmas eve of 1955. The first eight Paddington stories were written in the first week of his idea. His love for writing children’s stories became inevitable and he soon decided to quit his job and take on writing full time. Not long after he began writing more Paddington stories, Michael Bond developed new story ideas and introduced several new books about various new characters, another popular character being a guinea pig named Olga Da Polga. Sadly, Bond’s wife passed away but he soon remarried to Susan Marfey Rogers. Bond continued writing stories as the years wore on but his love and passion for them never lessened.

Michael Bond is now 90 years old. His literature continues to please countless people around the world. He has won and still will win many awards for his hard work. The story of Paddington and his many other characters will continue to make children laugh and smile at their mischievous adventures every day. Michael Bond is an extraordinary author who will continue to warm every children’s heart with his books and most of all