The chilling theory that Peter Pan was death and was looking for the souls of children

Childhood destroyed in 3, 2, 1…

The theory that Peter Pan was death

‘Peter and Wendy’ by JM Barriefirst published in 1911, is the same as inspired Disney to create the Peter Pan film.

At first, ‘Peter and Wendy’ was a complete failure but it has now become one of the most recognized works of fiction and translated into almost all the languages ​​in the world after the Bible.

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It’s known that ‘Peter Pan’ is inspired by an immortal childHowever, it is also known that Barrie lost his 13-year-old older brother David; In his autobiographical book, the author explains that his mother was so devastated by the loss of her favorite son that Barrie had to dress in his brother’s clothes and imitate his voice for months to comfort the woman. The child who does not want to grow (or cannot) and who does not want to die either.

And what does all of the above have to do with the ‘Peter Pan’ movie?

A fan took on the task of analyzing both works and realized that, yes, Peter kidnapped children from their homes and took them to Never againThe chilling thing is that he not only kidnapped them, he killed them to take them with him.

“The children on the island vary in number as they die. When it seems that they are growing up, that it is against the rules, Peter gets rid of them,” can be read in the novel.

According to Silvia Herreros de Tejada, specialist in JM Barrie and ‘Peter Pan’Barrie refers to his protagonist as “severe representative of Destiny”, “Peter leaves the children to die in the forest, he rejoices in watching them.”“Peter jumps in the middle of tragic and sad things”, he even mentioned that the first chapter of the novel is “Peter Breaks Through”, an expression that was used in spiritualism to indicate the possession of a person by the soul of a dead person.

“Dying will be a formidable adventure!”

For JM Barrie, Peter Pan was the illusion of eternal youth but also of death, since only death freezes children in time.

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Peter Pan In the film he wanted the children to remain children and, therefore, he sought to take them to Neverland, including Wendy and her little brothers, the last three inspired by the brothers Llewelyn Daviesfriends of Barrie’s childhood and youth.

Disney released its adaptation in 1953Of course, because it is a film aimed at children, there are many differences both in the story and in the profile of the characters to keep the illusion and fantasy in childhood.

Maybe after reading the information above, you won’t watch ‘Peter Pan’ the same way ever again.