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A 7 page paper which argues how Barrie’s Neverland is really a very dysfunctional place as it relates to family. No additional sources cited.
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a place where childhood reigns supreme and people can fly with the help of Peter Pan and/or pixie dust. However, this is an image that most people see because they
have seen the Disney animated cartoon and have never read the book. As is often the case with cartoons, intended to be magical and have a happy ending, there is
not the powerful realism or symbolic presence found in a novel. The following paper examines James Barries novel "Peter Pan" and argues that Neverland did not offer a perfect and
magical reality but rather presented a very confused and dysfunctional family unit. Peter Pan and the Dysfunctional Family While Barries story has elements that play well into the
world of fantasy and he presents the reader with a wonderful land where no one seems to grow up and where fairies and mermaids and pirates exist, it is also
a land that is incredibly barren and lonely. The leader is Peter Pan, for the most part. All of the people and creatures, except pirates, love Peter and bow to
his every demand for he is generally a very selfish boy without the knowledge or wisdom that comes with growing up and looking at others. In the beginning of the
story when Peter comes back to Neverland with Wendy and her brothers we see that in his absence the creatures and people were generally relaxed and perhaps somewhat lazy, but
knowing that "Peter...hates lethargy" they quickly come to life because this is what Peter expects of them. This initially sets the stage for an understanding that while Peter is a
boy he is the leader and perhaps even feared. We further get this feeling when we note that, in relationship to the boys, "when they seem to be growing up,
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