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- Pan was the god of the wild flocks of the mountains, shepherds, and hunting and rustic music. He was known as the guardian of the wild and he is the son of Hermes and the Nymph Dryope. Nymphs are female spirits who are born from mother nature and they are inhabited within the forest. Wherever they make a home, they become the guardians of their habitat. The name "Pan" originates from the Arkadian word for rustic. The name was later then used by the ancient Greeks to mean "all." The mythical god had the hindquarters(legs) and horns of a goat and the body of a human from the waist up. The ancient Greeks also considered pan to be the God of Theatrical criticism. This name relates to Peter Pan because he is very theatrical and he likes to mess around.
 * - **** Who was the mythic god pan in Greek mythology? **

-The peter pan syndrome is a deep-rooted belief that one will never, and must never grow up. They want to stay a child and never grow up.
 * -What is the peter pan syndrome? **

  -Is he the eternal adolescent? The rebel who consciously rejects the role of adulthood in conventional society because it has failed him? Wants to escape from adult responsibilities? Or, does peter represent the importance of holding on to one’s imagination? -In most peoples eyes we would believe that he is the eternal adolescent. He is basically the face of it because he doesn't want to grow up and when people think of staying a kid, they think of Peter Pan. We believe that he rejects the idea of growing up because he never really had parents, he doesn't know what it means to be an adult, and he was caught up in the moment of staying a kid forever. He didn't have that family feel that wendy and Peter have and i think that is what he is lacking. It is not that he is trying to escape from adult responsibilities but, he has the “Peter Pan Syndrome” and doesn’t want to grow up. He has the imagination of a child.
 * -Is it carefree boyhood? **
 * - ** We believe that is it because if you have the peter pan syndrome, than you’re not worried about growing up, you're worried about staying a child and having fun and doing kid things. We are not worrying about growing up and having responsibilities.

-Other Conclusions made about Peter Pan's actions as a child: -Peter Pan is a boy that can fly and never ages. He lives in Neverland where he is the leader of the lost boys. He himself never had parents to teach him right from wrong. He's a very arrogant child, he's very selfish in many ways of doing things his way...the way of childish acts and gestures. He always makes things a game and he never takes anything serious.



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