Okay, so I've been reading my 4-year old Peter Pan the past few nights and the parrallels between Lost and Pan are striking. First, the Island bears such a strong resemblance to Neverland as described by J.M. Barrie, as almost a living organism that responds to and feeds off of Peter's presence. Every person supposedely has visited or had visions of Neverland and those visions change depending on the person.
Second, consider the "good" inhabitants of Neverland, the Lost Boys, a group of children who leave abusive or neglectful parents to live on their own as eternal adolescents. It seems that all of the Lost characters have parent issues. Maybe none of the women on the island can carry pregnancies to term because this would require them growing up and Peter specifically forbids his Boys to grow up. Maybe this is why killing one's parent (Ben, Locke) is a requisite for joining forces with the Island.
Now you might say that the whole Dharma initiative, killing and infighting is very adult, but Peter Pan is surprisingly bloody. The Lost Boys and the pirates are in continuous, circular battle that ends in grissly deaths on both sides. Ben's gang vs. the Widmore gang? Could the Black Rock be of pirate origin?
I also noticed a similarity between Juliet and Peter's Wendy. Ben brings Juliet to the Island as does Peter Wendy under rather deceitful conditions. There is the strong resemblance of Juliet to Ben's mother and Wendy is all about idolizing the mother figure.
And then there's time travel. Although not explicilty stated as such, Peter Pan does appear to have the ability to travel across time.
There is so much to Lost, but Peter Pan seems a likely candidate for inspiring some of the mythology. My first reaction to the idea was a strong distaste, but now I kind of like the grown up Peter Pan story as a jumping of point for all that is Lost.
Theory by Kim
Second, consider the "good" inhabitants of Neverland, the Lost Boys, a group of children who leave abusive or neglectful parents to live on their own as eternal adolescents. It seems that all of the Lost characters have parent issues. Maybe none of the women on the island can carry pregnancies to term because this would require them growing up and Peter specifically forbids his Boys to grow up. Maybe this is why killing one's parent (Ben, Locke) is a requisite for joining forces with the Island.
Now you might say that the whole Dharma initiative, killing and infighting is very adult, but Peter Pan is surprisingly bloody. The Lost Boys and the pirates are in continuous, circular battle that ends in grissly deaths on both sides. Ben's gang vs. the Widmore gang? Could the Black Rock be of pirate origin?
I also noticed a similarity between Juliet and Peter's Wendy. Ben brings Juliet to the Island as does Peter Wendy under rather deceitful conditions. There is the strong resemblance of Juliet to Ben's mother and Wendy is all about idolizing the mother figure.
And then there's time travel. Although not explicilty stated as such, Peter Pan does appear to have the ability to travel across time.
There is so much to Lost, but Peter Pan seems a likely candidate for inspiring some of the mythology. My first reaction to the idea was a strong distaste, but now I kind of like the grown up Peter Pan story as a jumping of point for all that is Lost.
Theory by Kim
