Question

You and your friend consider one more question before you move on to a different topic.

Which event in the story do you think is most significant in explaining the shift in Peter and Wendy’s perspective throughout the text?
Question 9 options:

The most significant event occurs when psychologist David McClean evaluates Peter and Wendy.


The most significant event occurs when George takes away access to the nursery from Peter and Wendy.


The most significant event occurs when George doesn't allow Peter and Wendy to take the rocket to New York.


The most significant event occurs when Peter and Wendy decide not to eat dinner with their parents.

Answer 1

The best choice is: "The most significant event occurs when George takes away access to the nursery from Peter and Wendy."

Why: removing the nursery severs the children’s emotional and psychological substitute for parents and home. Up to that point the nursery is their whole world and authority; when George shuts it off the children immediately see their parents as the enemy who have taken away their identity and power. That betrayal explains their swift hardening, defiance, and eventual decision to use the nursery against their parents. The psychologist’s evaluation prompts the parents’ action, but it is George’s actual removal of the nursery that triggers the decisive shift in Peter and Wendy’s perspective.