Simile in Peter Pan

This simile conveys the idea that Mr. and Mrs. Darling have rehearsed and remembered the events of the night many times, and each time they seem to find more blame for themselves. It is likely an allusion to the adage that a “bad penny always turns up,” meaning mistakes return to haunt the people who make them.

This simile compares Michael's readiness for adventure with the keen edge of a sharp blade. "Sharp" has connotations of being quick-minded and ready for action. Perhaps the narrator chooses to over-explain Michael’s readiness because Michael is the youngest of the children and most willing to adventure.

This simile explains that the Lost Boys are extremely busy. Tailors are responsible for creating, mending, and altering clothing, so they would likely have a lot of work to frantically get ready the night before a wedding.

The narrator employs a simile to compare Peter to a dog to show his bravery and watchfulness. Recall earlier how the Lost Boys are all children who fell out of unwatched perambulators, and how Nana would instinctively check all the unattended perambulators at the park. In this comparison, since dogs are the Darling children’s protector, perhaps Peter has more responsibility than he realizes.

This simile describes how Peter bothers Hook in a nagging sort of way, much like an insect annoys a larger creature. This strong simile conveys the way in which Peter and Hook are enemies by still considering the fact that Peter is a child and Hook is an angry grown up.

This simile works in two ways. First, the image of a candle dripping wax represents the sweat rolling down Hook’s face. Second, the heat from the candle flame melts wax, just as Hook sweats because of the heat caused by his nervousness and fear.

This simile creates an image of the pirates carelessly tossing the boys around as if they were simply objects.

In this context, “slaves” is not used to mean people owned by others. Instead, “slaves” indicates that the people are compulsively obsessed with certain ideas. This simile indicates that blind belief or following is a symptom of stupidity.