We all have that one favorite movie at some point in our lives. No matter how old we get, we always go back to that one particular movie which always brings back memories and nostalgic feelings we once felt in our childhood. However, not to ruin that childhood memory of yours, but I want to share with you some truth about a story that was actually based on a true event.
For all we know, J.M. Barrie's real motivation behind his story Peter Pan could really destroy childhoods. To know the origins of the story, we should go back to Barrie's own childhood when his sibling David passed on in a terrible skating incident at the age of 12, few sources say 13.) Barrie's mom never completely recovered from the loss of one of her kids and became greatly bedridden.
In hopes to bring her mother back to her senses again, Barrie would imitate his deceased brother. In spite of the fact that this would draw reactions, it soon became obvious that Barrie could never rival the rose-colored memory of David. He would eternally stay a pure innocent child in his mother's memory similar to Peter in Neverland. Whereas Barrie was sentenced to grow up like Wendy and her siblings in the real world.
The parallels between Barrie's own life and what might turn into his most acclaimed work don't end there. In adulthood, he got to know the Llewelyn Davies family, regularly entertaining the five kids with stories and at last turning into their guardian as their parents died.
Unfortunately, one of the boys died on the front line during World War I and another ended his own life. Like his mom before him, Barrie could never recuperate from the loss. The idea of being trapped into eternal childhood just became one of the most well-known stories to this day.
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