Peter Pan’S Fairy Tale

Peter Pan’s fairy tale

Introduction

In the first memory, Matute uses the repetition of several fairy tales during the entire journey of the novel. The protagonist narrator, Matita, mentioned the stories of Peter Pan by James Matthew Barrie, Alicia through the Mirror of Lewis Carroll, and the snow queen and the mermaid of Hans Cho. Anderson;which are perceived by the protagonist as part of her own children’s world. 

Developing

In the novel, all these fairy tales are part of the construction of the imaginary world that sometimes juxtaposes or configures with Matia’s experiences in the real world. This imaginary world and its repetition symbolize the innocence and purity of childhood. He argues that there are two functions provided by fairy tales in the novel, in general, all these fairy tales are part, for Matia, “the construction of another alternative and imaginary world, which corresponds to the experiences of theGirl in the real world ". 

 And they are used in an imaginary world reworking by the protagonist from her reading of traditional fairy tales, at the time of her childhood prior to the island. Seen together, the repetition of the world of fairy tales symbolizes innocence, purity and love children. However, the main function of this alternative and imaginary world that fairy tales provide and that are controlled and manipulated by Matia, is divided into two aspects: 

On the one hand, it is to show the inner strength of the girl and her resistance to the anguish that produces the reality in which she is growing and coming into contact with the conflictive world of adults, inevitable maturity and the loss of timechildish;And on the other hand, it is the candorous teenager, because fairy tales serve Matia, also, as a form of learning, or as examples that help him adapt to the hostile world of adults.

conclusion

On the other hand, it should be noted that this imaginary world, created by fairy tales, is marked by "clashes and contrasts that oppose the real order". Matia’s resistance or escape thanks to the protagonists of fairy tales, is a painful process that ends in frustration and that implies the weakening of her trust in the inner strength itself;In addition, the learning that he obtains from the stories is completely against the doctrine he observes in the real world. 

And instead of helping in adaptation, it becomes a difficult process of self-discovery that sharpens the pain it feels to the cruelty of reality and the irreversible loss of childhood virtues. Next, let’s see more in detail how Ana María Matute re -elitates these fairy tales so that they adapt to the new memory environment.