Peter Pan is a timeless story written by JM Barrie. In the time before this story was written, he was a successful author and playwright. Despite his great success, Barrie still had personal problems related to his marriage and childhood. Barrie used these hardships to write stories that people still enjoy today. Although Peter Pan is a happy children's story, J.M. Barrie's inspiration for writing Peter Pan was not so positive. James Matthew Barrie, or JM Barrie, was born on 9 May 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland. His father was a poor weaver, named David Barrie and his mother Margaret Ogilvy Barrie did not work. His childhood was very difficult due to the death of his brother and the lack of closeness to his father. Every school he attended was run by his brother AO Barrie, who was famous in the British educational world. Barrie graduated from Edinburgh University and received his Master of Arts in 1882. ("Sir James Matthew Barrie" 73) After graduation he began working on the writing staff of the Nottingham Journal in 1883. After a year at the Nottingham Journal he began working at the St. James Gazette in London. He married an actress named Mary Ansell in 1894. They were married for 15 years after divorcing in 1909. There were many reasons for their divorce, his childish attitude and his neglect of the marriage and Mary. Her negligence led her to have affairs that also played a role in the divorce. ("Sir James Matthew Barrie"73-74)Shortly after the divorce he met Arthur and Sylvia Llewellyn Davies. He developed a close relationship with the family and, after the death of his parents, became the children's legal guardian (Holindale). The five Davies boys loved Barrie very much and inspired him to write Peter Pan (Allen). Your... center of the card... inspired this story. The result of the struggle in his life is Peter Pan and his other works. Even with Barrie's difficult experiences inspiring Peter Pan, a great story was created that influenced many things. Peter Pan is a story that will be read for many more years to come. Works Cited "Sir James Matthew Barrie". Main plots: The Encyclopedia of World Authors. Ed. Frank N. Magill. vol. 1. New York: Salem Press, Inc., 1958. Print.Hollindale, Peter. “One Hundred Years of Peter Pan”. Children's Literature in Education.36.3 (2005): 197-215. Elite academic research. Network. January 22, 2014Allen, Norman. “Peter Pan turns 100.” Smithsonian. 35.9 (2004): 108. MasterFILEPremier. Network. 22 January 2014Alapati, Amarendra Dr. “Peter Pan Syndrome”. www.syndromespedia.com January 22, 2014.Web. January 22, 2014 http://syndromespedia.com/peter-pan-syndrome.html