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__Walt Disney's Peter Pan vs. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan __ Madeline Fink

__**The Darling Parents: **__ //**Disney**//: The Darling parents do not even notice that their children are missing, even though they have been gone for a long time. //**Book**//: The Darling parents actually do notice that the John, Michael, and Wendy are missing because they have been gone for months.

__**Peter Pan's physical appearance: **__ //**Disney**//: In the this version, Peter is depicted wearing green tights. he also wears a green tunic that has ends shaped like leaves. He also wears slipper-like mocassins with a belt **//Original book//:** Peter wears just leaves and cobwebs- no green tights at all. He still has all of his baby teeth. In the book he is described as being "clad in skeleton leaves and the juices that flow from trees"

~The Disney film adaptation was the first adaptation to actually have a boy play the role of Peter ~ Both Peters are between the age of 10-13

__**Indians/Redskins: **__ The Indians are depicted in the film with a very literall, bright red skin. Other than that, there are no differences; they are all very grateful when Tiger Lily is rescued from the pirates. They become allies with the boys.

__**Peter's Personality: **__ Both J.M. Barrie's and Disney's Peter have virtually the same mind-set. They are very childish, playful, boastful, arrogant, full of himself, and they always take full credit and never shows that he has been defeated. Peter is a selfish, self-centered and forgetful child; he has a nonchalant, devil-may-care attitude.

__ The Lost Boys: __ //Novel:// The lost boys are adopted at the end. The Lost boys are portrayed as more individuals and have their own lines in the novel and do things on their own. //Disney:// The lost boys are not adopted and go back to Neverland with Peter to stay children. The lost boys are portrayed as more of a group and they all think the same way for the most part.

Tinkerbell: // Novel: // In the novel, Tinkerbell leaves at the end of the book and Peter doesn't really care at all. // Disney: // Tinkerbell doesn't leave at all and she saves Peter at the end and they stay together.