Peter Pan, Adulthood, Sexual Identity and Violence                                             

               “The boy who never grows up!”  Though it sounds meaningless and nonsensical, this is the boy we will meet when we find “the second star to the right”, Peter Pan. In this text which is accepted as a masterpiece in Children Literature, Barrie tells the adventures of a boy who never grows up and hates growing up and the Lost Boys in Neverland where fairies and mermaids don’t sound extraordinary at all. While, at first sight, all these characters and actions may indicate that the story of Peter Pan belongs to the Children Literature, it is obvious that Barrie has surprises for the older audience, too. Without making a deep analysis of the incidents, the features of the characters and the conversations among the characters, this seems to be an innocent child book; however, this is a masterpiece in which Barrie has buried all the violence and eroticism deep under the sentences. “Countless numbers of children and adults have enjoyed J.M. Barrie's frolicking, sugar-sweet tale of Peter Pan.  Originally titled Peter and Wendy , this children's story has been a universal favorite, read and enjoyed by many millions of sexually frustrated people, unaware consciously of their sexual desires and naughty impulses”.(Carolin, 1993)