Peter Pan, Chapter 14: samenvatting

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1. Hook paces the Jolly Roger, troubled by loneliness and the possibility that Smee possesses the effortless good manners he lacks.
2. Hook offers two boys positions aboard his ship, but John and Michael refuse when he demands disloyalty to the King.
3. The pirates prepare the plank, and Wendy urges the boys to meet death as their mothers would wish.
4. A ticking sound makes Hook collapse in terror and seek shelter among his crew.
5. The boys discover that Peter, not the crocodile, is boarding, and he signals for silence while continuing to tick.

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Hook cannot secure the effortless social confidence he prizes because he constantly examines his own conduct. His anxiety makes his apparent triumph miserable.

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