While Wendy, as a mother, is respected as an authority, she is shut away from the adventure, separated from the boy’s adventures in Barrie’s book. She is underground, and rarely sees the outside; a literal placement of Wendy beneath the boys of the island to express her subordinate nature to the dominant patriarch: “Really there were whole weeks when, except perhaps with a stocking in the evening, she was never above ground,” (Barrie 41). Barrie’s emphasis on Wendy being the mother figure who is positioned below ground, physically separates her from the rest of Neverland: Wendy does not get to go on adventures with the Lost Boys, she remains at home, cooking, sowing, and putting the boys to bed: “I suppose it was all especially entrancing to
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The idea of Wendy othered as “mother” begins to fade into the background in the 2003 live action Peter Pan. Instead, Wendy is whisked away to Neverland to become a storyteller. There Wendy’s feelings develop, and where those feelings prevent Wendy from truly being a part of the “boys’ club”. Wendy’s emotions in the film are more prominent. The camera often lingers on Wendy’s face while she is talking to Peter, insinuating her infatuation with him (Hogan). The addition of the kiss, and Peter’s reaction, only furthers Wendy’s othering. It as if Peter has developed as a character, but as she falls deeper and more out of line with what Neverland is supposed to be, Peter returns to his old ways. Peter is a child, and therefore cannot understand the adult feelings, leaving with Wendy unrequited …show more content…
The part of the story the audience gets to be a part of is the adventure of the Darling family. However, though the construction of a “boy’s club” on the island, and the lack of female characters, the “othering of Wendy is prevalent throughout every adaptation of the story. In the original book, Wendy is othered as mother, regaled to the kitchen and duties that keep her away from the adventures of her brothers and the Lost Boys. In the more recent 2003 live action film, the development of Wendy as a lover continues ostracizing because Peter Pan, as the story always depicts, is not capable of leaving Neverland and loving Wendy. In Peter, the child who refuses to grow up cannot accept adult feelings and therefore, displaces Wendy as her feelings for Peter
The idea of Wendy othered as “mother” begins to fade into the background in the 2003 live action Peter Pan. Instead, Wendy is whisked away to Neverland to become a storyteller. There Wendy’s feelings develop, and where those feelings prevent Wendy from truly being a part of the “boys’ club”. Wendy’s emotions in the film are more prominent. The camera often lingers on Wendy’s face while she is talking to Peter, insinuating her infatuation with him (Hogan). The addition of the kiss, and Peter’s reaction, only furthers Wendy’s othering. It as if Peter has developed as a character, but as she falls deeper and more out of line with what Neverland is supposed to be, Peter returns to his old ways. Peter is a child, and therefore cannot understand the adult feelings, leaving with Wendy unrequited …show more content…
The part of the story the audience gets to be a part of is the adventure of the Darling family. However, though the construction of a “boy’s club” on the island, and the lack of female characters, the “othering of Wendy is prevalent throughout every adaptation of the story. In the original book, Wendy is othered as mother, regaled to the kitchen and duties that keep her away from the adventures of her brothers and the Lost Boys. In the more recent 2003 live action film, the development of Wendy as a lover continues ostracizing because Peter Pan, as the story always depicts, is not capable of leaving Neverland and loving Wendy. In Peter, the child who refuses to grow up cannot accept adult feelings and therefore, displaces Wendy as her feelings for Peter