Captain James Hook

Intro An antagonist invented by J.M. Barrie for his play, “Peter and Wendy” which was later adapted into a book. Pirate Captain James Hook is the foppish captain of the Jolly Roger. His two principal fears are the sight of his own blood (supposedly an unnatural colour) and the crocodile who has pursued him since eating this left hand. An iron hook replaced his severed hand, which gave the pirate his moniker. Hook isn’t his real name, but it’s said “To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze.” Hook is said to be "Blackbeard's bo'sun" and the only man of whom Long John Silver was afraid. Hook attended Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He speaks eloquently, “even when he is swearing.” With "eyes which were of the blue of the forget-me-not" and long, dark curls, Barrie stated in "Captain Hook at Eton" that he was, "in a word, the handsomest man I have ever seen, though, at the same time, perhaps slightly disgusting.”