A. A. Milne

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shared “ ‘Equally all belief, all knowledge, all ambition, all hope and all fears’ ”. (WWW) While this statement symbolizes how close a bond there was between them he went on to say this about Barry and his relationship, “ ‘ Whoever heard … of two frogs assuming a friendliness which they don’t feel, simply because they had been eggs in the same spawn. Ridiculous.’ ” (WWW) Barry and A. A.’s relationship worsened as Alan watched Barry’s wife, Connie, suffer through Barry’s unfaithfulness. Also, as their father John was dying, Barry deceitfully convinced him to change his will. This gave Barry the largest portion of his father’s money. By Barry’s inhumane actions, it took away precious money needed from grandchildren and Ken’s widowed wife, Maude. (WWW) Barry never regretted it and he and Alan never spoke one more word to each other again. A. A. even refused to say anything to Barry while he was on his deathbed. (WWW) Alan Alexander Milne was always and exceptional student but writing ...

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he is very modest about his work and how talented he was. By what he said in the quote he thought that it was pure luck by him becoming assistant editor of a major magazine not by ambition and natural talent. Although he had already been assistant editor for four years he only became famous in 1910. (Collier, Nakamura 1687) His articles became very popular among readers. He wrote about insight’s into a child’s mind. This is what led him to writing children’s books later on in his life. He also wrote about sports but what made him most famous were his stories about a fictional family he created named the Rabbit’s. (WWW) The Rabbit’s were a middle class family that had different ...

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