Disney’s Version
If you really think about it, our version of Peter Pan isn’t much different than the original. The darkness of Barrie’s Peter Pan still lingers in the character popularized by Disney. The most significant quality is the fact that he is a kid forever. Dr. Professor Allison Kavey, an expert on the history of Peter Pan, explained…
“The Peter in the Little White Bird and Peter and Wendy is among the most honest depictions of a literary child I think I have ever read. He is selfish, devoted to his own entertainment, and except in battle scenes, incapable of taking care of himself. He also loves like a child, without thought the effect his love has or what it will mean if he forgets for a whole.”