As a child, everyone dreams at one time or another for a world without rules and restrictions. When you are young, it seems that there is a rule for every thing from dawn to dusk and beyond. As a child, the adults in our life have made rules for when to get up and go to bed, what to eat, personal hygiene, education, play time and on and on. Rules that children just want to escape. As an adult, there are also rules that must be followed, but they are more accepted or welcomed as an effort to minimize chaos and maintain a balance or sanity within our lives and society.
             Peter Pan is a young boy that is desperate to escape the rules his mother has placed on him. He wants to be able to just go about his childhood and do whatever he wishes, without consequesences or restriction. He wants to be able to play all day, stay up late at night, eat whenever and whatever he wants. In his imagination, he creates such a place, called Never Land. He encourages his friends to join him. They will be able to fly and do things they cannot even imagine without parental interference.
             Even as he lives in Never Land, Peter still has a need for rules and adult interaction. This can be seen by James Barrie's character, Wendy. She is a maternal figure that is continually nurturing Peter and guiding him subtly. She is also portrayed as a mother to her brothers, John and Michael, in Never Land. This further indicates that Peter Pan subconsciously wants a maternal figure in his life and does have the desire for rules that would normally be instituted by a mother or father.
             Peter's desire for adult interaction can also be seen in the characters of Hook and the other pirates. Hook and the other pirates are portrayed as adults. In Peter's imagination, these adults are out to get the boys. One of the pirates mentions to Hook that he had the chance to kill Peter. Later in the story, we learn that twice
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