All children, Peter included, used to be part-bird, and in Barrie’s original tale, he uses his avian ancestry to fly wherever and whenever he wants to.īut rumor has it that too many young readers were copying Peter and his friends, jumping from their beds only to fall and injure themselves.Īnd so, in the full-length novel that followed, Barrie added a minor detail. That’s right as well as possessing the secret to eternal youth, Peter Pan also has the power of flight. And so, he flaps his wings and flies away out of an open window. Just like Wendy and her brothers, he comes from the human world, but after overhearing a discussion about the perils of adult life waiting ahead, he decides to escape. Peter Pan lives in Neverland, but he wasn’t born on this faraway island. But as the author explains in the story, the only way he can maintain his never-ending youth is to forget the lessons he learns on his adventures so he can stay naive and childlike forever. Still, his real age isn’t that important, as Peter has vowed never to grow up.
While J.M Barrie doesn’t tell us Peter Pan’s age, the author describes him as still having his ‘baby teeth.’ But some readers think his fearless attitude and confident demeanor suggest he’s a little older, perhaps in his early teens.
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