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    antagonists. The villains of these stories, the Other Mother and Captain Hook respectively, both have a lasting impact on those who hear their stories. When I was four years old, I had a Captain Hook costume, complete with a plastic hook to fit over my hand. I wore that costume endlessly, especially when I was just playing around the house. Even at such a young age, I knew what I was supposed to be representing. Captain Hook was a coward, but a diabolical coward at that. And while I did not understand

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    “Remember to leave the heart in there Aahmes,” he reminds him. “He’ll need it in the afterlife.” “I know, I’ll take care of that. I need you to get the hook so we can smash his brain and pull it out of his nose,” Aahmes

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    “I suppose I always knew that I made Peter by rubbing the five of you violently together” (Biography.com Editors). J.M. Barrie may have used the Llewelyn Davies boys as inspiration for Peter Pan, but the death of his brother, Barrie’s small appearance, and reclusive mother may have influenced the boy who would never grow up. Peter Pan has been a part of many childhoods, especially after the Disney adaptation, but the original story was a delight to 1904 audiences in London. With flying actresses

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    This friend would need to be filled with kindness and love since Captain Hook is full of hatred and evil. I feel if Hook had a friend, he would not be evil, but he would be kind and see the nice side of everything and everyone. A good relationship would have trust, love, and kindness. An example would be the relationship of Tootles and Peter.

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    (Barrie 93). One example of a clue is in the Disney film where there is a noose, a symbol of suicide or death, which has to be pulled in order to open up passages into the tree hideout (Geronimi et al.). In this theory, Hook is the good guy by wanting to stop Peter Pan from his evil ways. Hook is said to be a lost boy who escaped Peter Pan, but not completely; therefore, resulting in the loss of his hand. This is clear by his hatred for Peter Pan and stealing the Lost Boys from Peter. At the end of the

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    He had captured her once again. For the millionth time Hook was going to use Wendy Darling against Peter Pan. He didn't particularly like this game of "capture the Wendy". It was always the same. Hook would capture her, Pan would come after her, they would fight, and Pan would always end up flying away with the girl. In a way he felt bad for Wendy. She hadn't asked to be put in the middle of this feud, but oh well. The pirate captain never mistreated Wendy while she was aboard the ship.

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