Figs (metaphor)
In Kensington Gardens, there was a place where many fig trees were growing, but David and other commonalty children did not walk there, and it was a place where “superior little persons” were walking, who were forbidden to communicate with the commonalty. So these “superior little persons” are called Figs by David and other heroes.
The essence of the gardens (metaphor)
Round Pond is the most attracting place for children, and as the narrator says “Round Pond in the wheel that keeps all the Gardens going”. It is a place where boys dream to have a little yacht to sail there; it is a place where a child forgets everything, and when remembers is so wet that cannot be wetter.
Sheep (simile)
The narrator compares shaved sheep with ladies in the theater: “when the man turns back the grimy wool from the sheps’ shoulders they look suddenly like ladies in the stalls of a theatre”. The simile again shows that children are capable of finding fun in every picture they see.
Happy Peter (simile)
Peter Pan has his own way in playing, through he thinks that he plays just the way other boys do. He does not know that he is completely opposite to this way, but this knowledge does not matter for him, as he is happy. The author compares sometimes his playing: “Sometimes he fell, like a spinning-top, and from sheer merriment. Have you seen a greyhound leaping the fences of the Gardens? That is how Peter leaps them.” And these comparison might look ridiculous for humans, but the are of greatest seriousness for Peter.
Fairies (simile)
Fairies are magic creatures that live in the Gardens. They are often compared with flowers in the novel: “They dress exactly like flowers, and change with the seasons, putting on white when lilies are in and blue for bluebells, and so on. They like crocus and hyacinth time best of all, as they are partial to a bit of colour, but tulips (except white ones, which are the fairy cradles) they consider garish, and they sometimes put off dressing like tulips for days”. The images of fairies are of greatest importance of developing of children’s imagination.
