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Peter Pan Movie Vs Book

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This essay will to explain how the original "Peter Pan" is a lot different from Walt 's. It will explain how the clothes, places and habits were different. In the original "Peter Pan", he is actually the villain, he kills the lost boys when he is bored, and he stole the Pirate 's fortune. You will see why "Peter Pan" is not actually the kid-loving boy that seems a hero to everyone.

First, let 's talk about the habits. In the original "Peter Pan", as said before, he played with the lost boys as if they were his action figures. He made them fight to the death, and even killed them himself. While fighting the Indians, he used to switch sides and murder his own to keep things interesting. He used to hunt and assassinate the Pirates …show more content…

There are a lot of things in the book that are different from the movie, for instance, in the movie , "Peter Pan" wears a green suit, leather boots, and a green hat. In the original story, he wears auburn leaves, a leather jacket and boots. Other differences are how Peter and the Pirates tried to kill each other, in the book, Captain Hook poisoned Pan 's medicine, in the movie, they tried to blow him up. Other things are how the Pirates knew where the Lost Boys lived, in the book, they accidentaly discover it, in the movie, Tinker Bell is captured and reveals the hideout.

Besides those things, there are a lot of accurate things such as the Native Americans in the book, they wear the feather hats and the leather tunics, they smoke, hunt and have Tribe Leaders and Princesses. We can see Pirates who had big ships and lots of fortune and expensive clothing, that fought with swords and cannons. Other things are how Peter and the boys had a warm feeling for mothers, and they treated Wendy as a mom in Neverland, how Tinker Bell hated Wendy, how Hook is chased by a crocodrile, and how Peter and Captain Hook hated each other.

In conclusion, "Peter Pan" is a story that can be and has been changed easily from a dark violent story to a child 's fairy tale. A lot of changes has been made to the story like the clothing, habits, relationships, etc. But there is one thing that hasn 't, Peter Pan, a boy who never grew up, a boy who could fly, a boy that had a dream, but also someone who

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