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This 10-page paper discusses some aspects of Barie's book Peter Pan, namely, Pan's need for mothering, Wendy's fulfilment of that role, and the "Peter Pan" syndrome. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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never grew up, who lived in Never Never Land, who fought a pirate and who befriended a girl. But the appeal of Pan isnt so much that he fought bandits
or lived on his own with the "Lost Boys." For many, the appeal of Pan is that he never grew up, and when faced with the choice of doing so
in order to stay with Wendy, he didnt want to. After all, how many children (and adults, for that matter), when faced with a choice of remaining a child or
becoming an adult would deliberately choose adulthood? But Pan does more than tell us about the fictional antics of a boy who
wants to remain one. Pan tells us about the complicated relationships between men and women and talks to us about how sometimes these dynamics can end up hurting the other.
Barrie, in writing this book, explained the dynamics of a cunning youngster who wanted to remain one for as long as he possibly could. While Wendy grew up to produce
her own daughter (and her granddaughter, for that matter), Peter was consistently available to exploit the loving nature of these women, without really giving too much in return.
As well see in this paper, there are many "Wendys" and "Peters" in the world - the Peters need to be taken care of,
while the Wendys are all too willing to take on this particular role of motherly caretaker. Barrie was probably years ahead of his time when he wrote the book -
but he probably never realized the extent to which his characters would be taken during the 20th century. In this paper, well
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