Chapter 5 and Chapter 8
Depictions of the 'Piccaninny tribe' and their speech patterns ('Ugh, ugh, wah!') are now widely critiqued as racist caricature.
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From Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Passages widely debated in modern criticism for racial stereotyping, casual violence, and gender politics.
Chapter 5
Peter's casual violence — he 'thins out' the Lost Boys when they begin to grow up; 'the rule is that he does away with them.'
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Gender politics of Wendy as domestic mother while boys adventure — much debated in feminist criticism.
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