Peter Pan: who's who, timeline and places
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- WendyWendy is a Darling child who describes Peter Pan’s nighttime visits and learns she must grow up.First seen in chapter 1
- PeterPeter is the boy Wendy describes who enters the nursery while Mrs. Darling sleeps.First seen in chapter 1
- JohnJohn is one of the three Darling children cared for by Nana.First seen in chapter 1
- MichaelMichael is one of the Darling children whom Nana carefully nurses.First seen in chapter 1
- Mrs. DarlingMrs. Darling is the children’s mother, who questions Wendy about Peter and doubts her story.First seen in chapter 1
- NanaNana is a Newfoundland dog who carefully nurses Wendy, John, and Michael.First seen in chapter 1
- Tinker BellTinker Bell helps Peter find his shadow and becomes jealous of Wendy.First seen in chapter 3
- lost boysThe lost boys are boys Peter wants Wendy to visit as their storyteller and caregiver.First seen in chapter 3
- HookHook is Peter’s enemy, whom Peter makes John promise to leave to him.First seen in chapter 4
- TootlesTootles is a boy who shoots Wendy after Tinker Bell falsely presents her as Peter’s target.First seen in chapter 5
- Tiger LilyTiger Lily is a captive whom Smee and Starkey abandon on Marooners’ Rock.First seen in chapter 8
- SmeeSmee is a pirate who helps abandon Tiger Lily on Marooners’ Rock.First seen in chapter 8
- Never birdThe Never bird offers Peter her floating nest as rising water threatens him.First seen in chapter 9
- Chapter 1
Wendy describes Peter’s nighttime visits, and Peter enters the nursery while Mrs. Darling sleeps.
- Chapter 2
Nana catches Peter’s shadow, and George Darling later chains her outside before the parents leave for dinner.
- Chapter 3
Wendy sews Peter’s shadow onto his foot, and he teaches the children to fly before they escape through the window.
- Chapter 4
Peter guides the children toward Neverland, but a pirate cannon scatters them and leaves Wendy with Tinker Bell.
- Chapter 5
Hook discovers the boys’ underground home, while Tinker Bell tricks Tootles into shooting Wendy.
- Chapter 6
Peter finds that his button stopped the arrow, and Wendy agrees to act as the boys’ mother.
- Chapter 7
Wendy manages the underground household and tests the boys as John and Michael remember their parents less clearly.
- Chapter 8
Peter rescues Tiger Lily, fights Hook, and sends Wendy away on a kite after rising water traps them.
- Chapter 9
The Never bird offers her nest, and Peter saves her eggs before sailing ashore.
- Chapter 10
Tiger Lily’s warriors guard the underground home, while Peter insists that his role as father remain pretend.
- Chapter 11
Wendy and her brothers decide to return home, the lost boys join them, and a pirate attack interrupts their departure.
- Chapter 12
Hook defeats the guards and orders Smee to sound a drum that deceives the children into emerging.
- Chapter 13
Hook poisons Peter’s medicine, but Tinker Bell drinks it, and Peter calls for children’s belief to restore her.
- Chapter 14
Wendy urges the captive boys to face death bravely, while ticking terrifies Hook and lets Peter board unnoticed.
- Chapter 15
Peter frees the children and defeats Hook, who goes to the waiting crocodile after provoking a kick.
- Chapter 16
Peter bars the nursery window, then reopens it after seeing Mrs. Darling’s tears, allowing the children to return.
- Chapter 17
The Darlings adopt the boys, Wendy grows up, and Jane eventually takes her mother’s place with Peter.
Hidden until you have read that far.
- nurseryThe nursery is the Darling children’s room, which Peter enters while Mrs. Darling sleeps.First seen in chapter 1
- NeverlandNeverland is the destination Peter guides the children toward, where imagined dangers become real.First seen in chapter 4
- the islandThe island is a place the flying children reach and immediately recognize.First seen in chapter 4
- home under the groundThe home under the ground is the boys’ hiding place, whose entrances Hook discovers.First seen in chapter 5
- The pirate shipThe pirate ship is where Hook sends the captured children.First seen in chapter 13
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