However, a comparison between how the original character is described with how he is depicted in popular culture today suggests that Peter Pan has taken a completely different role in modern society. Barrie to create this ageless boy, it is clear that Peter Pan has become a popular figure worldwide. Though many children and adults may not be familiar with the exact story Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, most are definitely aware of the character of Peter Pan. Though rough around the edges, this story set the stage for the fantastical stories of the character of Peter Pan to come. Many of the typical fairy tale elements aren’t present yet, but Barrie does include detailed accounts of fairies. The remainder of the story involves how Peter cannot return to being a normal boy because his mother has replaced him with a new child, how he meets Maimie, the female heroine who cannot stay with him but returns to her childhood, and finally explains how Peter Pan buries all the children who are lost in the garden or stay past the Lock-Out time and perish in the cold. Peter Pan is the only baby to actually fly back to the gardens and stay there, not fully a human and not fully a bird, but “ Betwixt-and-Between.” Because of this, he stays eternally seven days old.
Within the week it takes to become a human baby, these infants attempt to fly away, back to the island of the birds in Kensington Gardens. Barrie explains that all babies, including Peter Pan, are first born as birds. Published in 1906, just a few short years before the classic Peter and Wendy became a novel in 1911, this novel tells explains the origins of the character Peter Pan.
However, the story that preceded this tale and is often overlooked is called Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Undoubtedly, the story of Peter Pan exploring Neverland with Wendy and her brothers is a childhood tale that most hold dear to their hearts. This week’s guest entry from Rebekah Fitzsimmons’s “Golden Age of Children’s Literature” class comes from Christina Paik, who considers the legacy of Peter Pan in like of his lesser-known origins.
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