(1904) A play by the Scottish author James Matthew Barrie about a boy who lives in Neverland, better known as Never-Never Land, an imaginary country inhabited by all the wonderful characters of children's tales: Indians, mermaids and villainous pirates, the later led by Capt. Hook. After the one-armed Hook is killed, the children return home to their distraught parents, but Wendy, the eldest, promises to return every spring. Peter is assisted by his guardian fairy, Tinker Bell, and in the play he defeats his enemy, the pirate Captain Hook.
A PETER PAN is an adult who remains locked into childhood, who refuses to relinquish the ways and attitudes of a child; infact, he crows over his youthfulness and arrested development.
USE: Adulthood is so last generation. Lest you need convincing of how unfashionable it has become, look around: evidence of the trend for immaturity is everywhere.
Adults in their thirties and forties dress and behave in many of the same ways as teenagers. They read books written for children, watch the same films as ten-year-olds and snap up merchandise marketed at consumers half their age.Campsites and adventure playgrounds are usurping posh hotels as the places to spend their weekends. It is, say observers of the phenomenon, peterpandemonium out there.
