SPRING+SEMESTER+2014+SIGNIFICANCE+OF+NEVERLAND

Utopian or Dystopian World
= Neverland is a Utopian world = Utopian - describes a society that is conceived to be perfect.

REASONS
 * You never grow up and can stay a kid forever.
 * There is magic and you can fly as long as you think of a happy thought.
 * Even though the pirates might be scary it is also very exciting and Peter Pan and the Lost boys always win the fight.

= Other Children's Stories That Reject There Societies to Live in Other Realms = [|List of Fantasy Worlds in Literature] = //Peter Pan// vs. //The Wizards of Oz// = COMPARISONS
 * Glinda in //The Wizards of Oz// is very much like Tinker Bell because they are both fairies with magic.
 * The Lion, Scarecrow, and the Tin Man are there for Dorothy and try to help her just like in Peter Pan and the lost boys help Wendy.
 * They are also both in lands that are out of the ordinary, but can go back to the real world when they really want to.



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Here is a clip from the //Wizards of Oz// when Dorothy just figures out that she is not in Kansas anymore. She is in the Land of Oz.

//Peter Pan// vs. //Alice in Wonderland//
//[|Alice In Wonderland Fantasy World]// [|Other Imaginary Worlds In Fairy Tales]

COMPARISONS
 * Just like Peter and Neverland Alice goes to Wonderland, but gets there through a rabbit hole. Unlike Peter who gets to Neverland by flying.
 * In Wonderland Alice is friends with a lot of animals just like Wendy is friends with Peter and the lost boys.
 * Wonderland is a very magical dream world for Alice just like Neverland is magical for Peter.

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Here is a clip of Alice entering Wonderland. This clip is from is from the new //Alice in Wonderland// that was created in 2010.

=** Celebrities That Reject Society Today to Live in Other Realms **=

** MICHAEL JACKSON **
[|Michael Jackson's Neverland] [|Pictures of Michael Jackson's Neverland]


 * Michael Jackson created his Neverland Ranch to have a place where he never grow's up. The ranch has a zoo and amusement rides to create childhood memories that he never experienced himself.
 * "Once you come in the gates, the outside world does not exist" said Michael Jackson
 * Jackson believed that his early success with the Jackson 5 made him loose the experience of being a child. So, he feels like he is a kid again when he is in "Neverland".