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eLetters: Reading and Looking too far into Literature
In response to: Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne
Matthew Thompson
Affiliation: Undergraduate Student at Carleton University
Posted on: December 18, 2000
I have read your report and was quite please with how the information was brought forward. I, however, don't agree with your findings and must say that a lot of your claims seemed to be based on speculation and hear-say. In the journal you have negected to provide enough evidence to satisfy the diagnoses you have provide.
I also feel that this study was not necessary. And a waste of research funding. The Winnie-the-Pooh stories are intended for entertaining younger audiences that do not have to worry about the problems. An important question that comes to mind is: 'Are these stories the cause or aid in the cause of these 'illnesses'?'
I would also like to bring into the light the fact that the majority of the afflictions cures involved the use of drugs. These drugs probably will change the character of the patient, and it maybe drastically enough to alter them permantly from the individuals we've all learn to love. A. A. Milne probably did not intend the tales of Pooh's adventures to be analytically disected. They were written, as I said, to entertain younge people.
Thank you very much...
Matt Thompson
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