I read this book upon a recommendation. Actually, everything happened in a time period I never expected. That was the time when I started to get bored with life and every day was exactly the same. In those meaningless days I mentioned, a man came to me with the suggestion of a Peter Pan book. This man was one of my turning points. That's why Peter Pan is so precious to me. Now let's get to what the book contains. The book says, “All children grow up, except one.” It starts with the sentence: Peter Pan is a character who never intends to grow up and always wants to remain a child. Why might the author want to create such a character? Our author James Matthew Barrie's older brother died when he was 6 years old, and his mother could not get out of her depression after his death and replaced him with her brother, who died at the age of 13. In order not to upset his mother, our author took his brother's place and behaved like him for years, and as a result of this behavior, developmental problems emerged in the author. It actually appears as a children's book. But after reading the book and learning about the author's life, I realized that the content has a much deeper meaning. For example, the title of the book is about a disease: Peter Pan Syndrome.* The first syndrome was discovered in 1983 by a psychoanalyst named Dan Kiley. The disease takes its name from this novel. After reading the book, I also watched the movie and the book and the movie were handled in parallel. Before we start watching the movie, we need to put our logic aside and open the dreamer side of our mind. If we can do this, we can enjoy it to the fullest. Finally, I will summarize what I learned from the book and the movie. Yes, of course the idea of being a child is not bad, in fact, sometimes we want to go back to our childhood because we do not have big responsibilities as children and we can play and misbehave as much as we want. But our character also shows the same reactions to our growing, changing and deteriorating bodies. Imagine that our physical appearance has changed but we still remain children. Frankly, it sounds very strange. * Behavioral disorders seen in children with fear of growing up and in people who behave like children even though they are mature are called Peter Pan Syndrome.

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@earthAngel ·

04 August 2023 21:28

Bende okudum bu kitabı fakat zaten film-çizgi filmleriyle büyüdüğüm için biliyordum hikayeyi yine de kitapta okuduğumda Peter in bu kadar bencil olması ve Tinkerbell in Wendy i kiskacliktan öldürmeye calismasi (çizgi filmde de öldürmeye çalışıyor fakat pişman olup özür diliyordu) çok üzmüştü beni yine de gerçekten güzel bi kitap. Bu inceleme sayesinde yazarın böyle bir çocukluk geçirdiğini düşündüğümüzde Peter in bencilliği ve hep çocuk kalmasi daha da anlamlı oldu. Kitaba olan kırılganlığı mi azalttiniz🥺