All he ever wanted and all he ever accomplished was all for the one purpose of making his mother proud of him. .
Unfortunately, the huge love and affection that Barrie had and did everything to show to his mother prevented him from ever being able to love another woman romantically. The only kind of love that he knew how to give was maternal love. In spite of this, Barrie did end up getting married to a woman named Mary Ansall. Even though he was a married man, he never felt that he could fulfill the true role of a husband. Even when Barrie was a grown and married man, he never really grew up or matured. He still always felt that he needed to be taken care of, and his wife played more of a motherly role to him. Barrie remained a child emotionally like Peter Pan his whole life. .
Peter Pan is half human, half boy. His character seems separated from the rest of society. He had a bad experience with his mother, so he was a little boy on his own his whole life. His character is extremely immature. Peter never wants to grow up. This mind set that he has is the reason that he has no parents in the first place. When Peter was at home, he overheard his parents talking about how they want him to become successful one day, and they want to teach him how to become a man. This is what set Peter off and made him run away from home in the first place. Then, when he tries to come back home, he flies to his bedroom window, only to find that it has been barred up. His mother has forgotten about him, and barred up the window so he could never return home. This is the incident that will change Peter's perspective on mothers and on women forever. Just like Barrie's strange relationship with his mother and the way it affected his future relationships with all of the woman in his life, Peter's relationship with his mother will do the same for all of his future relationships with women. "She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his hand expectantly" (Barrie 1004).