Peter and Wendy : English Literature (Class 5): Study Notes

Peter and Wendy (by Sir James Matthew Barrie) is a chapter in class 5 English literature for ICSE students. Find notes, and question and answers.

Question. The plot of a story is made up of a problem, important events and a solution. The plot is like a roller coaster ride. It goes up as the suspense increases and then after a solution is found, it comes down as the suspense decreases. Follow the instructions given in each box on the graphic organizer on the next page.

a. What was the problem?

• i) Peter lost his shadow. (Correct Answer)
• ii) Peter had a short name.
• iii) Peter had a strange address.

b. Put the important events in the correct order.

• i) Wendy woke up. [4]
• ii) Tinker Bell found Peter’s shadow. [1]
• iii) Peter bowed to Wendy. [5]
• iv) Peter sat down on the floor and cried. [3]
• v) Peter tried to stick his shadow on with soap. [2]

c. What was the solution?

• i) The shadow stuck to Peter on its own.
• ii) Peter attached the shadow himself.
• iii) Wendy sewed on the shadow. (Correct Answer)

Question: Reference to context:

“There was another light in the room now, a thousand times brighter than the night-lights, going in and out of all the drawers in the nursery, looking for Peter’s shadow…”

a) Was it day or night at this time in the story? How do you know?

Answer: It was night because the beginning of the story says that “The night lights of the beds of the three children went out one by one”. The children had gone to bed, and their night – lights had gone out one by one.

b) What was this bright light?

Answer: This bright light was from a fairy, named Tinker Bell. The light was the flashing of Tinker Bell as she moved around quickly.

c) Where was Peter’s shadow found?

Answer: Peter’s shadow was found in the chest of the drawers.

Question: “How clever I am,’ he crowed. ‘Oh cleverness of me!’

a) Who thought that he was clever?

Answer: Peter Pan thought that he was clever.

b) What had this person forgotten?

Answer: This person clearly forgot that it was Wendy who sewed his shadow back to his body.

c) What was the person doing as he is said these words?

Answer: The person was jumping around with great delight when he said these words.

Read, reflect and write:

Question: Give a description of Tinkerbell?

Answer: Tinker Bell was a little fairy dressed in a leaf gown. She was several times brighter than the night light, which became visible when it came to rest for a second. She was about as big as a child’s hand and she moved about very quickly. She spoke fairy language which sounded like the tinkle of bells. She also had fairy dust on her which made her glow.

Question: Why did Wendy cover her face with the blankets at the end of the story?

Answer: Wendy had helped Peter by sewing his shadow back to his body. Instead of thanking her for her help, Peter jumped about acting like he had done it himself and barely acknowledged her help. This made Wendy very annoyed and she covered her face in her blankets feeling irritated. Wendy was angry at Peter as he refused to acknowledge that it was Wendy who sewed Peter’s shadow. And when she reminded Peter, he said that she had only helped a little.

Question: What do you think of Peter’s behaviour after he got his shadow back? If you were in his place, what would you have done?

Answer: Peter’s behaviour was very selfish after he got back his shadow. He did not care to thank Wendy nor did he cared for the efforts of Tinkerbell who put in efforts to find his shadow. He accidentally closed the drawer when she was inside one.

If I were in his place, I would have thanked them for their efforts and would have befriended them for helping me.

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