In this paper we are going to be interpreting Peter Pan throughout the themes of the books: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Barrie, 1906), Peter and Wendy (Barrie,1911) and the movie adaptation Peter Pan (Disney,1953). The character of Peter Pan is a popular hero and an important part of children's lives and their growing up. The first chapter is based on life and work of author James Matthew Barrie as well as his biographical data which are considered crucial for the origin of his most famous work Peter Pan. The following chapters will present the chronological framework of the origin of the character of Peter Pan, then provide insight into the history of the presence of the character of Peter Pan in Croatian translations and briefly look at the motif of death as a taboo topic. The analysis of the work is focused on the transformation of Peter Pan's character and his relationships with other characters from the initial idea in Peter Pan in Kensington Park through the work known in Croatia as Peter Pan to Disney's adaptation of the work into the animated film Peter Pan. The three considered works will also be compared with each other with all the peculiarities and interpretive emphases that each work brings. The analysis showed that the motif of death that was abundantly present in the earliest work, Peter Pan in Kensington Park, with a growing awareness of children as implicit and real audiences in the following works is gradually lost and reduced to a minimum. Also, in order to adapt the work to other media (theater and film), the story had to become more coherent, so the emphasis in later works is shifted more to the adventurous character of the work.