Essays on Peter Pan

Childhood is not only a crucial time for learning and developing, but it’s also a magical time where everything seems possible and that is the feeling I got as a child when watching Disney movies. Today, as an adult, I still find myself tearing up while watching the Lion King and singing along to the songs from Tarzan and the Little Mermaid. The author of Peter Pan, Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was born on May 9th, 1860 in Scotland. By the age of six, his brother had passed away, ...

The story of Peter Pan was conceived by J.M. Barrie, a Scottish novelist and playwright, and was first used as a character in his adult novel The Little White Bird, penned in 1902. However, there are several differences that would make Peter hard to spot. Rather than Neverland, Peter flies from his nursery to the Kensington Gardens in London, spending his time with birds and fairies. In fact, he was described as being “Betwixt-and-Between” a boy and a bird. Also, rather than the means of ...

With their new theater currently under construction, Berry College Theater Company has undertaken an outdoor production of Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher. Fancifully unravelling the life of Peter Pan before he became the children’s literature figure we know so well, the play explores the travels of “Boy” and his orphan friends Prentiss and Tedd as they sail across the sea. The little protagonists find themselves thrown in the midst of battles, face-offs, and chases throughout the ...

Movies can have a lot of differences but still be similar. Books can be the same way. The Harry Potter Series and Peter Pan are based on children’s books. Harry Potter is a young wizard whose parents died when he was a baby and got sent to live with his mean aunt, uncle, and cousin. He gets a visit from Hagrid and gets sent away to Hogwarts where he meets his best friends Ron and Hermione. Peter Pan is a young boy who lives on a magical island called Neverland where no one ages. He is scared ...

Sir James Matthew Barrie (1st Baronet, Order of Merit) was a Scottish author of the Victorian/Edwardian eras. Born in 1860 and living 77 years, he is still famous and influential today. Some of his works revolutionized children's literature and are still popular. Probably the second most famous of these is The Little White Bird. However, this is overshadowed by what is by far his most famous work, Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its sequels. He wrote successfully before and ...