Devotion And Imagination In Finding Neverland

According to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of the word devotion is “the fact or state of being ardently (passionately) dedicated and loyal”. Also, according to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of the word imagination is “the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly (fully) perceived in reality”. The themes of devotion and imagination are both interpreted into the film “Finding Neverland”. Devotion and imagination describes the major events that happened throughout the film and with the main characters and characterize what the audience has discovered while viewing the film. The theme of devotion can be seen throughout the entire film. The main character, J.M. Barrie was entirely dedicated to the boys, Peter, Jack, George, and Michael and to their mother, Sylvia. From when he first met the boys in the park until the end of the movie when their mother died, J.M. Barrie demonstrated his devotion towards the boys. For example, J.M. Barrie was so devoted to Sylvia and her sons that he did not pay any attention to his own wife, Mary, which caused her to ultimately leave. Another example would be that Barrie created an entire …show more content…
For example, in the beginning of the film when Barrie first met the boys in the park, he helped them to assemble their imagination by having them to think of his dog as a bear. Peter did not have a big imagination like his brothers did at the beginning, but then he soon began to catch on. Another example is when J.M. Barrie went to visit the boys and Sylvia at their home, he had the boys to imagine that they were cowboys while him and Peter imagined that they were Indians. As a matter of fact, the entire play of Peter Pan was based on the imagination. The boys being able to fly and going to a land where no one grows old and stays the same age forever, is a land of the