Category: Peter Pan

  • Reader’s Reflection on Peter Pan: The Day My Childhood Flew Away

    When I was approximately four years old, my mother asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. At the time, I read books to my teddy bears, performed songs and dances for them, pretended to take care of their boo-boos, and took them through the jungle that was hidden in my closet.…

  • Critical Analysis of Disney Version of Peter Pan

    When Peter Pan opened during 1953, it was an instant hit. Movie critics from all the different popular magazines and outlets gave the Disney produced movie phenomenal ratings. Peter Pan stands for magic. He is fun, fantasy, pirate-fighting, and adult-confounding, lost to civilization’s straightjacket. Why could anything so innocent have been wrong? How dare we…