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。
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. “ “ And so , he went on good-naturedly, there ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl. Ought to be? Isn't there? No. You see children know such a lot now, they soon don't believe in fairies, and every time a child says, `I don't believe in fairies,' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. ”[15] “The unbelief of fairies is expressing, unconsciously, we say goodbye to the innocence of a child, but also the end of childhood.”[16] In children s eyes, the new world is full of curiosity and
unrealistic dreams. Before they can differentiate between the right and wrong, they are innocent and artless. Once grow up, knowing how to distinguish what to believe and should not believe and the world is not as beautiful as they thought, they are wary of the world and have a guard in their mind.
The trust in fairies is a powerful for children. There is a chapter in the story discussing how vital the trust. When Tinker bell drank the toxic medicine and would dies soon. Peter asked other boys to help. “Do you believe? He cried. Tink sat up in bed almost briskly to listen to her fate. She fancied she heard answers in the
affirmative, and then again she wasn't sure. "What do you think?" she asked Peter. "If you believe," he shouted to them, "clap your hands; don't let Tink die." Many clapped. Some didn't. A few beasts hissed.”[17] With the powerful trust, Tinker bell alive. In other words, the fairy tales, fairies are all live in our trust. We trust them, they alive. However, we distrust them; they die, with all the beautiful dreams disappearing. That reminds us do not stop believing and you will retain the artless part.
Lastly, I want to mention where Peter Pan and fairies live—the Never land. It is a world will never have to grow up or grow old. As to me, the reason why the story won all age groups reader's heart is that Barrie has created a very attractive, fantastic, fairy realm that we are longing to. Barrie exaggerated the fun of children in the Never land, aiming to praise the beautiful of pure innocence. In the Never land, there existed what children has long been known from the fairy tale- fairies, pirates, Indians in red skin, little mermaids, and the underground house . What a happy carefree life! Never land is like our carefree childhood, meanwhile from its name tells us once grow up; we cannot go back to youth. Those artless and innocent times become our precious