本文着重分析《彼得潘》主要人物以及他们所代表的含义,因为笔者相信巴里先生是通过这些人物的塑造来体现他一生追求童真对美好的无忧无虑的童年的回忆的主旨。并且,笔者也将通过人物的简要分析是读者们更深层次的理解故事的主旨。
theme connects to the growth of children. Peter Pan is a boy who never grow up, and he lives with fairies in the Never land- where an island contains every amazing things like mermaids, Indians with red skin, monsters. Together with Peter, there are a gang of Lost Boys “who fall out of their pram when the nurse is looking in other way. If they are not claimed in seven days they are sent far away to the Never land.” Meanwhile, the pirates captain is James Hook with his left hand cut by Peter who is the biggest adversary to Peter Pan and always wants to kill him. One day, Peter broke through Wendy s house and invited her and her brothers to stay in the Never land. Then, Wendy became the mother to Peter as well as the Lost Boys. They played everyday carefreely, building the undergrounded house, playing with the mermaids, in alliance with the red-skinned Indians, and they had a great fight with the Pirates. Until one day, Wendy was tied of playing, deciding to go back, also she convinced all the Lost Boys back to the real world. Peter sent them back but he refused to say. Wendy, John, Michael and all the Lost Boys were having a family except Peter. “There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was staring in at the window. He had had ecstasies innumerable that other children can never know; but he was looking through the window at the one joy from which he must be forever barred.” [2]Few years later, Wendy became a beautiful lady and had a baby. Peter came to Wendy s house again and sadly to find that Wendy had grown up. Peter took Wendy s daughter Jane to the Never land to become his mother telling him stories. After Jane grew up, she had daughter, too. And Peter took her to the Neverland, either. “Thus, it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.” [3]
1. The background of Peter Pan
Barrie has a pure heart pursing the innocence all his life. He holds the view that children should have the carefree time, and many never-stopping dreams. Together with children was the only happy thing to Barrie in the real world. If his life time, he was seeking the spiritual realm which is as simple as children, having the most real laugh and taint from the crucial reality. He firmly believes that before children grow up, they are the most kind-hearted angel.