It's been years and years since I read
Peter Pan, and I was overdue for a reread. In fact, I've never read it as an adult. That made it rather a different experience, I must say.
As a kid, I saw this as a story about the wonders of staying young forever and the meanness of adults who force kids to grow up. But I don't think that's Barrie's point at all. I think his point is that, as we mature into adulthood, we start to see the world as it really is, and we discover that the real world isn't n...
Published on December 22, 2022 10:28