Peter Pan And The American Dream

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In the play, Peter Pans parents represent facts and reality as they have a plan for Peter as he becomes a man. They show how life is supposed to be in a human society that is filled with responsibilities and obligations, although peter did not approve. Peter is shown to be born as a human who ran away from his parents because he refused to grow up. “I heard father and mother talking of what I was to be when I became a man. I want always to be a little boy; so I ran away to Kensington gardens and lived a long time among the fairies” (15). The lost boys and Tinker Bell represent belief and imagination because they live in a land far away from a human society with magic, flying, and other fantastic qualities. Pan’s family shows reality, while

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