Book #2 "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie: "All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in the garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end." page 1.
Well unless you have had a very very sad childhood you have heard the story of 'Peter Pan' at least once at some point in your life. So I'm not gonna spend a bunch of time on an overview of it. Because honestly if you have never heard of Peter Pan go rent the Disney movie or even better yet get the book and educate yourself, please, I beg you.
So for all of you that are familiar with the story lets talk about some of the differences just between the classic Disney movie, that most of us grew up with, and the equally as classic book. Shall we?
First thing I would like to point out is that most people I have talked to and told that I was going to read this book told me that Peter is portrayed as a bad guy. Well folks I am here to tell you that that isn't true. To say that he acts selfishly, putting his own thoughts and actions above everyone else through out the book, would be a bit of an understatement. However, truthfully he acts like a spoiled little kid who has just been getting his way for far to long. Which, let's be honest, that's pretty much the idea of the book. He just acts drastically more so like this in the book then in the movie.
Captain Hook. Dear, dear, Captain Hook. Well for starters he freaked me out a lot more in the book. But the thing that got me the most, for some reason, was the fact that they tell you he died by the crocodile in the book. Sure I get that it was a Disney movie for kids and they didn't want to show death but at the end of the movie when you see Hook practically running on water away from the crocodile, who is fast in pursuit I don't know I guess I always just assumed that the chase went on forever and he never really died. Please tell me I'm not the only one, whoever you are reading this?
Now the thing that just killed me the most. Tinker Bell. You know how she talks and it just sounds like bells? Ya, in the book they are kind enough to translate for the readers enjoyment and it turns out most of the time she is saying, make sure your sitting down I don't know if your ready for this...'You silly ass.' I kid you not. She says maybe 3 other things the whole time. Ya, I can't even talk more about this one.
Now I could obviously got on and on and on about the differences in the book but instead let's go ahead and skip to the end. In the end not only does Wendy, John, and Michael all go back home but so do all the 'lost boys', whom end up getting adopted into the Darling family. Mrs. Darling and Peter have a conversation and end up agreeing to Wendy going back to Neverland later in life for a week at a time, and she does go back 2 or 3 times.
Overall it pretty much just really messed with everything I use to believe in as far as this story goes. So go read it and have your mind blown as well.
Next book up for #3 is "A Walk in the Park" by Jill Mansell.
PAGE COUNT: 678
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
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