When I was young, around 10 years of age or so, I remember watching commercials on t.v featuring Peter Pan. I never actually saw the movie or read the story, but I got the gist of it. It was about a young boy who could fly and never had to grow up. I thought that was a fantastic idea, what child didn’t want to stay young and carefree forever. I knew even then that Peter Pan was a story meant for young children. However, after reading “The Case of Peter Pan” I am very surprised to discover that Peter Pan was actually never a character intended for children. Instead, Peter Pan was a story written by a man (Barrie) who had a secret desire to “steal and possess”  young boys.  It was, instead, originally meant for young adults, because back then children could not even afford to buy the book or even understand it’s contents. I also learned that children’s books can be a form of “seduction”, not in a sexual or erotic way though. In the sense that these books entice and draw children into the story, I can see how children’s books might be considered a “seduction” of sorts.  The story of Peter Pan also had to go through many revisions in order to make it more appropriate for children. In the words of Rose “there is no child behind the category ‘children’s fiction’….” This quote shows us how adults have a different purpose for writing children’s books, purposes that children do not actually understand, because they are just taking the books for face value. The real reason that adults write children books is probably something that young children can’t grasp, and in the case of Peter Pan, the reason is darker and more “troubled” then children realize.