Who is Peter Pan? In the play Peter Pan, Peter is portrayed as a boy who likes to have fun, but is this entirely correct? Evidence in the story says otherwise. Within the play, James Barrie, the author, portrays Peter Pan as a boy, because he acts like a boy and lives/plays with boys his age. The only thing that opposes Peter Pan being a boy is that he is never touched within the play. First of all, Peter Pan acts like a boy. In the beginning when he is talking Wendy, she accuses him of crying. He responds, “I wasn’t crying. But I can’t get my shadow to stick on” (Barrie 14). This quote shows he is being a typical boy by protecting his pride. In another part of the play, Peter Pan and Wendy are talking about where he came from. He goes on to explain that he ran away from home. He tells Wendy, “Because I heard father and mother talking of what I was to be when I became a man. I want always to be a little boy and to have fun; so I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long time among the fairies” (Barrie 15). This excerpt clearly …show more content…
During one of Peter and Wendy’s conversations, they begin talking about where Peter lives. He says he lives with the lost boys. Peter explains, “They are the children who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way. If they are not claimed in seven days they are sent far away to the Never-Land. I’m captain.” In this section from the play, Peter is explaining who the lost boys are and that he lives with them. In turn with living with them, Peter Pan plays games with the lost boys. These games include anything, even pretending to be a family. Barrie explains, “It is a pretend meal this evening, with nothing whatever on the table, not a mug, nor a crust, nor a spoon.” In the previous quote, the boys are having one of their games. They are pretending to be a family and pretending to have a meal. Even though Peter lives with these boys, they are not actually a