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Explore the theme of escapism in Peter Pan. The theme of escapism is prominent in much children's literature. Frances Hodgson-Burnett's The Secret Garden is, like Peter Pan, an example of Edwardian children's literature. Both these novels are tales of escapism from real life into another world. There are also more recent examples of escapism in children's literature. In the 1950s C.S. Lewis invented Narnia, and in even more recent literature, Harry Potter escapes his everyday life to go to school at Hogwarts. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, an early Edwardian novel, is one of the great classics of British children's literature and is, on the surface, a tale about a boy who refused to grow up. There is however, an underlying plot concerning a girl who must grow up. It is from this obligation that Barrie's Neverland acts as a form of escape. Throughout Peter Pan, there is little focus on the...

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