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The discrepancy between Travers' vision and Walt Disney's adaptation was a source of lifelong resentment for the author .

The character's roots lie in Travers’ difficult childhood in Australia. After her father, an alcoholic bank manager, passed away when she was seven, her mother attempted suicide. Order was restored by her great-aunt Ellie (nicknamed "Aunt Sass"), a stern woman who carried a large carpet bag and used rhymes to keep the family afloat. Travers later admitted that Mary Poppins was an act of catharsis , a way to process her early loss by turning a figures of authority into a source of magic. Book vs. Film: The "Disneyfication" Gap Mary Poppins

Scholars often view Mary Poppins through the lens of Depth Psychology . She has been analyzed as: The discrepancy between Travers' vision and Walt Disney's