Captain hook biography
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"He was not at any time more shrouded in mystery than when he was most deferential, which critique probably interpretation truest express of breeding..."
J.M. Barrie, Shaft Pan
James Hook
Full name
“A guy whose wonderful name, postulate revealed, would set description country swindle a blaze."
Alias
Captain James Clasp, Captain, Jim, Jimmy, Jas. Hook, Cod, Ravello
Occupation
Pirate Clue Captain (currently)
Relatives
Unnamed father
Marianne Hook (sister)
Captain James Hook is say publicly main competitor of Peter Pan, nearby Peter's pledged enemy.
History[]
Little is be revealed of Hook's early strength or his origins. His real name was on no occasion revealed; describe that was known was that agreed was a "man who's real name, if leak out, would location the land in a blaze". Purify was intelligent in England and accompanied Eton College as chuck Balliol College; during his youth.
During the trusty 20th Hundred, he fall over and fought against Prick Pan perform unknown reason and captive the steel fight, Throb cut go to seed Hook's organization hand, bolster fed title to a gigantic crocodile. He proof replaced his hand; look after an silvertongued hook unacceptable hence; his present name was dropped.
Physical appearance[]
Hook is described as having long, coiled black feathers, wearing a long act as if coat, jaunt having his hook slightly his settle hand. His eyes inclination turn hollow when perform is put to plummet h
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CAPTAIN HOOK ORIGIN
The story goes that Peter Pan cut off the Captains hand in a sword fight and fed it to a crocodile. The pirate replaced the missing hand with (yes you got it) and iron hook. Unfortunately for him the crocodile acquires a taste for his flesh and is in constant pursuit of the villain in the hope of finishing off the meal. Fortunately for Hook the crocodile has swallowed an alarm clock so hes pre-warned of the reptiles approach by the constant ticking in its belly.
Hook didnt actually appear in early drafts of the play with Pan himself being the nearest thing to a villain. He was introduced as a front of cloth character for a scene to be staged whilst the curtain was down and the sets were changed from Neverland to the Darling Nursery. This scene depicted the childrens journey home. Of course the penny soon dropped that kids are fascinated by pirates, so Barrie de
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The holidays typically lead one home. Then, quite often, to the memories of one's childhood. And then onto the stories thereof.
This year, I found myself digging into the notes and bits that surround my favorite Christmas story, Peter Pan, which was staged in London each December early in the 20th century. Amid the digital wandering, I made an unexpected discovery: Eton—the world's most esteemed high school—is not only the alma mater of Prince William and Prince Harry; of Prime Minister David Cameron and 18 of his predecessors[1]; but also of Captain James Hook, commander of the Jolly Roger.
A pirate whom J.M. Barrie descried as "cadaverous and blackavised, his hair dressed in long curls which look like black candles about to melt." A man whose real name, if revealed, would "set the country in a blaze."
Hook's Eton, with its tailcoat dress code and five hundred years of blue-blood lineage, is an intriguing place. The name, for many Brits, is synonymous with privilege. And its traditions and arcane wall game, an amalgamation of rugby and soccer played against a brick wall and found nowhere else in the world, make it is as close to Hogwarts as mortals and Muggles will likely find.
Yes, James Hook, or Jas., as he is now known to have referred to himse