Wendy Darling

Alaskan Neverland Peter Pan, the high flying fairy tale character, and Chris McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild, seem completely different. However, the two protagonists are very similar in many ways. Chris and Peter may seem like conflicting characters yet they share many similarities such as, both have an alter ego, both experience issues with family and both embrace the idea of ultimate freedom. These traits reveal that one cannot attempt to stay young forever.…

Lost Boys make a house especially for Wendy and according to how she wishes it to be. “I wish I had a pretty house, The littlest ever seen, With funny little red walls, And roof of mossy green.” (84) Throughout the novel, readers can feel the warm atmosphere where a loving family live with a dog as a nurse. In chapter one, the character of Peter Pan is revealed as an intruder who used to listen to bed time stories from the open windows. After living with Wendy and the Lost Boys as a family…

While all of the female characters (Wendy, Tinkerbell and Tiger Lily) all have some implied romantic attraction to Peter, he not only does not reciprocate their feelings, but seems completely oblivious. When prodded by Wendy about his feelings he answers that he feels"those of a devoted son.” (98) He is puzzled by Wendy’s disappointment at this and notes that “Tiger Lily is just…

Although children’s literature is often written to educate children, the most interesting children’s literature is a “complex interweaving of adult and childlike concerns.” (Nodelman and Reimer, 201) these concerns are imbedded into the stories of children to help produce an understanding or acceptance of the widely shared assumptions of their society. These assumptions are what we know, more commonly, as ideologies and they are virtually invisible, and more often then not; they lie at a level…

Shooting the Canon By Nina Gardiner The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go” (Dr. Seuss, 1978). Canonical texts have been deemed by literary historians and English professionals alike as texts which have influenced a large group of people and have helped to shape our society. Even though a large majority of the texts, which are deemed as canonical, were written over 100 years ago, their significance is still felt today` . The…

Neverland and Wild Cat Island creates a symbolic metaphor for a barrier between the protagonists and mainland society. Nevertheless, the texts maintain unique approaches to display developments amongst their characters. Through the comparison of the Darlings and the Walkers’ adventures on the islands begins through the representation, accessibility and occupation, reinforced class hierarchy, and gender specific experiences on the islands, a psychological metamorphosis extends from the physical…

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." Peter Pan is a fantastical children's book published in 1904 by Sir James Matthew Barrie, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, is a historical young adult fiction. These two books could not be more different. Peter Pan focuses on the imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However,…

The closest one would get to know the true story of the iconic singer, Prince’s life, would be the Grammy award winning movie, ‘Purple Rain’. ‘The movie was indeed not an autobiography of Prince’s life but it was as close as the director could get. In the movie, Prince was a young, African American man, who was an up and coming musician. He was from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He meets a woman named Apolonia, she was an aspiring singer to him, she also was not just a singer to him, and he fell in…

police them. Similarly, the evilness of humanity is shown by Wilkes character of violence and the need to subdue her hostage. In the film Misery, Wilkes states, “Now the time has come. I put two bullets in my gun. One for me and one for you. Oh darling, it will be so beautiful”. "This assertion shows that human will result in violence and use of weapons to ensure that they get what they think is good for them without considering the suffering; hence, the reality of human nature being evil"…

Katz, Elaine Bander, Anne Toner, and James Rovira, Jane Austen is THE greatest author from the last two centuries. Each and every one of the authors mentioned has an impressive reputation, however, not nearly as impressive as Jane Austen’s. Even Wendy Lesser claims one of the main reasons she reads is because of Jane Austen! Without a doubt, Jane Austen IS the greatest author of the past two centuries. She wrote only six books, although extremely beautifully. Austen also was an expert in the…