Peter Pan -- J.M.Barrie

Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie (1860–1937). A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Indians, fairies,pirates, and (from time to time) meeting ordinary children from the world outside. In addition to two distinct works by Barrie, the character has been featured in a variety of media and merchandise, both adapting and expanding on Barrie's works.


                    The book is layered (like Alice in Wonderland), so you find new treasures each time you read it. If you read it as a child, and then again as an adult, it will be like two different stories—time only deepens the beauty of the book. It tells children not to grow up too fast, while it reminds parents that acting like a grown up isn’t always a good thing.


                    The classic story and play of the boy who will not grow up starts when Mr and Mrs Darling go out for the evening. They are sure their family is safe. Nana is there and though she is a dog she has always taken good care of the children. But tonight Nana is tied up. She knows something will happen, because there is magic in the air, and Nana, as always, is right. Peter Pan is on his way from Neverland. He flies straight into the children’s bedroom. He has lost his shadow, and wants Wendy, the eldest of Mr and Mrs Darling’s children to fix it for him, which she does with a needle and thread. Then they are all off back to Neverland. To enable them to fly, Wendy and her two brothers need plenty of help from Tinkerbell, a fairy with her own problems. Not only are all fairies under threat because when someone says they don’t believe in fairies, they drop down dead, but Tinkerbell has an ownership problem about Peter. He’s hers, not Wendy’s, and it is only after considerable persuasion does she agree to help at all. Wendy meets the Lost Boys, the Red Indians, and the Mermaids. There are plenty of adventures to be had in Neverland, including the rescue of Tiger Lily, bringing Tinkerbell back to life by clapping for her and the defeat of that most evil of villains, Captain Hook and his gang of pirates. Peter still does not want to grow up. 
                                 He has distant memories of his mother but when he went to see her, another boy had taken his place. Wendy and her brothers think differently. They feel homesick for their parents and Nana, and with the mixed sadness of all departures the do at last return, to a loving and welcoming family reunion. The story doesn’t completely end there. Peter Pan comes back for visits, but as Wendy grows up and has a family of her own, life changes for her. The final end has the poignancy of times lost to it. Nevertheless, J.M Barrie’s storytelling is imbued with idiosyncratic warmth and humour. He wrote many other popular plays and books, but it is for Peter Pan that he remains most famous today.