The Mortality Of Toys
I caught Toy Story 2 again today, the movie that makes all toy collectors feel incredibly guilty. In many ways, I think it is equal to or better than the original. But at the same time, there is something painful about toys contemplating their mortality, especially when the indication is that their final fate will be lying around in a junkyard somewhere with full awareness. True, they are independently mobile, but it’s a far darker destiny than that of my favorite childhood fictional toy, the Velveteen Rabbit.
Hopefully, most children don’t put quite as much thought into this or parents will never get them to give up their old toys.