We Can’t Save Ourselves
And that brings us to our final point—the rescue and salvation of Christopher Robin. Pooh says that Christopher Robin always used to save the denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood: Now it’s their turn to save him.
And so they do, though not in precisely the way that Pooh imagined.
It’s interesting how strong and self-reliant Christopher Robin pretends to be throughout the movie, a thread that frankly runs through all the previous points unpacked here. He turns his back on his wife and child. He works and worries alone. He tries to do what Christopher Robin has always done: Save. He wants to save the company money, and so save the company. He wants to save as many jobs as he can. He wants to save his daughter’s future.
But he’s failing and he knows it. Christopher Robin’s no longer the hero of the Hundred Acre Wood. He can’t even save himself.
He needs help. So do we all.
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