ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The famous boy who never grows old, Peter Pan is boastful and carefree; self-centred and oblivious; forgetful and fearless. In short, he is everything that you would expect the essence of childhood to be.

Detailed explanation-2: -Personality. Captain Hook is emotionally vulnerable. Due to this, he has made a fool of himself quite often. On the contrary, he typically acts as a menacing and cunning villain who never gives up on his pursuits particularly his desire to get revenge on Peter Pan.

Detailed explanation-3: -The character’s name comes from two sources: Peter Llewelyn Davies, one of the five Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired the story, and Pan, a minor deity of Greek mythology who plays pipes to nymphs and is part human and part goat.

Detailed explanation-4: -Captain Hook is not a fairy tale character. He is one of the characters in the play called Peter Pan: Or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, which was written by Scottish author J.M. Barrie in 1904.