'Peter Pan' in A Philosophical and Psychological View 
 The way I see it, 'Peter and Windy' is a joyous ride that would take you to the land of the free-minded. I don't know whether I would have liked it this much if I were twenty years older but that's irrelevant. 
 The fact that almost every character is inspired makes this 
 a perfect human-character (psychological) and philosophical study 
 though it seems -to the naked eye and mind- merely a children's fiction. 
 And that's EXACTLY what I did. :) 
 -SPOILER ALERT- 
 For me, the most intriguing thing in 'Peter Pan' is the depiction of what goes through the children's minds. 
 Children have their way of interpreting the real world as to make sense of it and they end up making their own fantasy-world. 
 As we grow older, this world that we've created starts to fade away and the real world and the science behind it fills the gaps. 
 However, it's not entirely an advantage. Childhood is the stage where a human being can dream without thinking of boundaries or consequences, dreaming without limits. Thus, a child has the most will to seek and achieve. 
 Letting go of the free unlimited dreaming is not a crisis. Some boundaries are reasonable because not all individuals are equally qualified to have the right for the same dream. It's the letting go of that will that is irretrievable. 
 Digging deep, the moral here is to have a hold grip onto this invincible energy of our inner child. 
 But that's not all what the book is; it also depicts the genuine love of parents everywhere. Also, it shows the different psychologies and natural physiological differences between the 'Mother' and the 'Father' and this is prominent in each's reaction to the escape of their kids and their deepest remorse and regret. 
 And yet on another layer of the story, the adversary; Captain Hook, has his own storyline which prompts a tickling feeling of sympathy for him. Barrie couldn't have put it better. 
 Peter was such a small boy that one tends to wonder at the man's hatred of him. True he had flung Hook's arm to the crocodile, but even this and the increased insecurity of life to which it led, owing to the crocodile's pertinacity [persistance], hardly account for a vindictiveness so relentless and malignant. The truth is that there was a something about Peter which goaded the pirate captain to frenzy. It was not his courage, it was not his engaging appearance, it was not--. There is no beating about the bush, for we know quite well what it was, and have got to tell. It was Peter's cockiness. 
 Also one thing I find fascinating, though it's extremely insignificant; the impact of Mr. Darling's action towards Nana on the children and how it left them seeking a 
 haven 
 which they found in Peter. 
 There are all these layers and I have not yet mentioned Peter's character, incentives, motives, behavior & attitude...etc. I won't..or honestly, I can't. It's too complex for my simple comprehension. 
 Briefly, The story isn't just about a moral or a message to be delivered and received. I don't know WHAT IT is! My vocabulary isn't vast enough and -unfortunately-lacks sufficient breadth of ways to describe the book as a whole. 
 And in regards to J. M. Barrie's diction and word choice and events-order, I find it IMPECCABLE. However if you are wishing a quick-read, It's probably not the book for you right now ;) because at some parts I had to re-read paragraphs just to make sense of it-few times though. Or maybe/perhaps because I'm not a native English-speaker. :D 
 I'm utterly and excessively fascinated by it so, please, feel free to discuss the book with me. :) 
 And Now, I'm OFF TO MY NEVERLAND. =)