# How does Peter and Wendy develop the theme of Memory and Forgetting?

> Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie

## Answer

Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie develops Memory and Forgetting across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

Peter's inability to remember past adventures or people, and Wendy's gradual forgetting of her childhood, illustrate how memory shapes identity and how growing up often involves losing the past.

Wendy and the boys struggle to remember their parents, as shown by the examination papers and the past-tense questions, indicating gradual forgetting.

Wendy struggles to remember flying and the past, while Peter forgets the passage of time.

## Evidence

- [vii-the-home-under-the-ground](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/vii-the-home-under-the-ground.md): Wendy and the boys struggle to remember their parents, as shown by the examination papers and the past-tense questions, indicating gradual forgetting.
- [xvii-when-wendy-grew-up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/xvii-when-wendy-grew-up.md): Wendy struggles to remember flying and the past, while Peter forgets the passage of time.

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