Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Must have missed Nosferatu?
Well when Peter Pan was written books children were still supposed to educate [scare] children into proper behavior. Proper from the point of view of parents and adults. Good things happen to good well behaved children. Bad things happen to rebellious children who misbehave.
In fairness to Doyle I have always thought that he wrote this to illustrate Holmes' narrow minded devotion to the business of being the worlds greatest deductive detective. No not realistic. |