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 * Character of Peter Pan:**

The character of Peter Pan has been known in several different books. He first appeared in a section of "The Little White Bird", a 1902 novel written by Barrie for adults. The play "Peter Pan" or "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" was created in December 1904 then published as a novel in1911, which was titled //Peter and Wendy//. Eventually it was better known as just Peter Pan. However there have been a few sequels and adaptions. Barrie extracted chapters 13–18 of "The Little White Bird" and republished them in 1906 under the title "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", with the addition of illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Others such as "Hook", "Walt Disney's Peter Pan", and "Peter Pan in Scarlet." Peter Pan is a boy who never wanted to grow up but a hero to Neverland. He was a fantastical figure who visits the bedroom of the Darling children (Wendy, John and Michael) and flies them away to Neverland. His troops "The Lost Boys" are introduced to the Darling children. In Neverland they have adventures and nefarious battles with Captain Hook. One thing that everyone knows about Peter Pan is that he has a shadow that follows him along with a fairy named Tinkerbell.


 * Significance of Peter Pan's name and mythic God of Pan:**

The son of Hermes and Penelope, or Zeus and Hybris, Pan was the Greek god of shepherds and flocks. Pan was depicted as a man with the horns, legs and tail of a goat, and with thick beard, snub nose and pointed ears. His name originates within the Greek language, from the word //paein//, meaning "to pasture." In Greek 'pan' means 'all', and the god was later identified with the physical Universe - although his name, except for its sound, has nothing to do with this. The story suggests that Pan was one of the youngest generation of gods. The Greek God Pan relates to Peter Pan because they are both involved with nature. Pan, the God, was to be in charge of the flocks and shepherds which is like Peter Pan guiding the lost boys in Neverland. The fact that they were both nature crazed and adventurous makes me believe the author was influenced by Pan to create the character of Peter Pan.

The supposed psychological phenomenon of immaturity, who like a fictional character, remain childish and fail to assume appropriate adult social roles and responsibilities. Statistics show that this disorder is more common in men. They usually has a mother figure, like Wendy in Peter Pan, that needs to push them to do adult things, such as, get a job, dress maturely, and act maturely in public. Some say this syndromes' reasoning is that the person suffering from this disorder had overprotecting parents when they were younger. It is not yet known by the American Psychiatric Association as being a specific mental disorder.
 * Peter Pan Syndrome:**

** History of Peter Pan: ** Peter Pan first appeared in a section of a novel written in 1902 by J.M. Barrie called //The Little White Bird.// The most well known story involving Peter Pan was on December 27 in 1904. It was a play called //Peter Pan// or //The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up.// The play turned into the novel of //Peter Pan// in 1911, which was originally called //Peter and Wendy// and then //Peter Pan and Wendy// and then simply //Peter Pan.// Peter Pan has been used in other stories since its original beginning. It was used in 1953 in the famous Walt Disney version of //Peter Pan.// There was a stage musical of Peter Pan in 1954 by Jerome Robbins was filmed for television. There was a movie in 1991 called //Hook.// Also, //Peter Pan// was a movie in 2003 and there was a sequel of //Peter Pan// written in 2006 called //Peter Pan in Scarlet// //.//

Is Peter escaping adulthood or is he just showing that ones imagination can last forever. I believe that the story of Peter is trying to tell adults to not stop using their imagination. In The Hook movie the imagination of Peter is what saves his family and brings them back together.
 * Escaping Adulthood?**



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