Is Peter Pan about a dead boy?
Is Peter Pan about a dead boy? J. M. Barrie may have based the character of Peter Pan on his older brother, David, who died in an ice-skating accident the day before his 14th birthday. His mother and brother thought of him as forever a boy. What inspired JM Barrie to Peter Pan? As a young child, Barrie spent time playing pirate games with his friends, which he said were “in a sort of Odyssey that was long afterwards to become the play of Peter Pan.” Did J.M. Barrie ever marry? Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (/ˈbæri/; 9...