Waddy’s second classification of characters are the ones who tend to create homes for themselves, and, as they do, they become more fond of what they have created and more defined by it. Their home becomes their alter ego. She calls this category the Promethean pattern, for the characters have left one home and, usually through a good deal of work, created another. This pattern is obvious in literature of physical survival, but is present also in stories of psychic survival. Peter pan belongs to this category. He builds his own kingdom out of make-believe and he is very satisfied with it. As a male orphan he sets his own rules that others should follow. He is more of a leader than a friend. The power of imagination that Peter pan has makes
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The binding principle in the integration is the daydream. Past, present and future give the house different dynamisms, which often interfere, at times opposing, at others, stimulating one another. In the life of man, the house thrusts aside contingencies, its councils of continuity are unceasing. Without it, man would be a dispersed being. It maintains him through the storms of the heavens and through those of life. It is a body and soul. It is the human being's first world." ( 1969, …show more content…
But just before they go on fire you see the lagoon. This is the nearest you ever get to in on the mainland, just one heavenly moment; if there could be two moments you might see the surf and hear the mermaid’s singing.( xxxv) After going to Neverland, Peter and the 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 influences Peter Pan that he starts to pretend that he is the father. Although he insists that it is all make-believe, he and Wendy behave like a mother and a father. It is a very welcoming house.
“We’ve built the little walls and roof
And made a lovely door,
So tell us, mother Wendy,
What are you wanting more?”
To this she answered greedily:
“Oh, really next I think I’ll have
Gay windows all
The binding principle in the integration is the daydream. Past, present and future give the house different dynamisms, which often interfere, at times opposing, at others, stimulating one another. In the life of man, the house thrusts aside contingencies, its councils of continuity are unceasing. Without it, man would be a dispersed being. It maintains him through the storms of the heavens and through those of life. It is a body and soul. It is the human being's first world." ( 1969, …show more content…
But just before they go on fire you see the lagoon. This is the nearest you ever get to in on the mainland, just one heavenly moment; if there could be two moments you might see the surf and hear the mermaid’s singing.( xxxv) After going to Neverland, Peter and the 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 influences Peter Pan that he starts to pretend that he is the father. Although he insists that it is all make-believe, he and Wendy behave like a mother and a father. It is a very welcoming house.
“We’ve built the little walls and roof
And made a lovely door,
So tell us, mother Wendy,
What are you wanting more?”
To this she answered greedily:
“Oh, really next I think I’ll have
Gay windows all