Peter Pan is Based on a Dark True Story

[ThatOneGirl_Crissy]

☠️💀😭BRO JUST RUINED MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD!😭💀☠️

[HeatherLynnC]

Long before Peter Pan made his debut on the stage and on the page, James Matthew Barrie became enchanted (and maybe a little obsessed) with the idea of eternal childhood. In 1867, James lost his older brother David in an ice skating accident the day before he would have turned 14. James was only 6 years old. Such a traumatic loss so early in life was sure to have a strong impact on James, and sure enough, it followed him for the rest of his life. After David’s untimely death, James thought of his brother often and kept returning to the concept of childhood and explored the idea of holding it sacred. He would later make friends with the Davies boys (explored further, yet not quite accurately, in the 2004 film Finding Neverland), which is a relationship that’s more or less well-known among those who are familiar with Peter Pan’s origins. One important detail, however, is easily overlooked. J.M. Barrie didn’t just lose his older brother at a young age. He also lost two infant siblings; considering that infant mortality rates were high around this time, experiencing death early on in life was unfortunately not an altogether uncommon experience. In James’ eyes, death seemed to linger all around him, and it affected young lives most of all. Another important detail in the life of J.M. Barrie would be that, while he became obsessed with the concept of eternal boyhood, he himself never had children. Instead, he spent much of his time in the late 1890s and the early 1900s with Jack and George Davies, who were four and five years old at the time they met the author, respectively. An adult spending so much time with young boys has alarmed plenty who end up digging into the history of J.M. Barrie and the inspirations for his characters in Peter Pan’s story. Yes, his friendship with the Davies boys sends alarm bells ringing in our heads, but his interest in Jack and George didn't appear nefarious. His friendship with the young boys may have had more to do with his lost brother and his inability to move on. Later, the Davies siblings would be joined by three more, one of whom, Peter, had quite a familiar name.

[oliviac-j]

This is factually incorrect. The eldest son George did not die at 13, he was killed in WW1 at the age of 21.

I think you meant Barrie’s older brother David, who died in an ice-skating accident the week before he turned 13. Barrie’s mother said that he would ‘always be a boy, he would never be a man’, and it’s thought that’s where the original inspiration for Peter Pan came from.

[beccaberry]

bro is it just be but in the 3rd grade i had an obsession over peter pan? and also, im the real pro. i read the book (2 times) the 1st movie to many times, peter pan and wendy and more

[Serenachan]

Might wanna check your history again, dude. You’ve got the kids names wrong. Peter Pan was told back and forth to the oldest son Michael, and any suggestion that Mr. Barrie was “obsessed” with the family didn’t appear until well after his death. The remaining children (now adults) swore the speculations had no basis.

[TheRat_Yui]

Ngl imma be honest, I never heard nor watched the story of Peter Pan

[thelongtony]

How much wrong information in such a short video.

[rayedtheanimator]

I wonder who created the dark story for peter pan

[simonacannizzo]

You don’t understand the story at all, do you?

[EviBlack]

I never liked Peter Pan being a child forever was my biggest nightmare

And as a children I never could understand how he could left his mother and became boy forever

I never understood him

I am glad finally being an adult

[dkisho]

Why is it important to remember the darkness

[batmanz]

That's not true it was because of Jm Barry loosing his brother then meeting the Davies family

[joekilian]

How many of these origin stories about Peter Pan do I have to know to learn the truth

[justinpetrie]

Tgis is not true actully berry met the boys on a street and there was a little boy named peter and oeter wanted berry to write a story abt a boy named peter and also a girl named wendy

[biceismyfavorite]

Why why is it important to remember the real life tragedy and darkness that inspired it WHAT IS THE REASON

[annecohen]

Actually the narrative doesn’t really bring up the point the fact that the author used to have a brother who died in a freak accident, in regard to ice skating. There is some inconsistency in what the narrative is trying to bring up the origin of Peter Pan. I looked it up through Wikipedia to figure it all out for myself .

[dinarusso]

😮 not that important, it appears something great came out of his trauma, I still enjoy this movie as an adult, and this didn't change anything!!

[rosalynsugala]

guys peter pan is a angel of death but captain hook Is a good guy?

[justinblachek]

Have you read the actual book Peter Pan that's pretty dark and twisted in the first place

[amandalawless]

My favourite person from peter pan is captain hack❤🎉