Editing Captain Hook (section)

==Biography of the character==
Barrie states in the novel that "Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze". He is said to be "[[Blackbeard]]'s [[boatswain|bo'sun]]" and "the only man of whom Barbecue was afraid".<ref>Barrie, J. M. ''Peter and Wendy'', Chapter 4. Hodder & Stoughton (1911).</ref> (In [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s ''[[Treasure Island]]'', one of the names [[Long John Silver]] goes by is ''Barbecue''.)<ref>Tatar, M. ''The Annotated Peter Pan''. W.W. Norton & Co. (2011).</ref>

In the play, it is implied that Hook attended [[Eton College]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]],<ref>McConnachie and JMB, ''Captain Hook at Eton – Speeches by JM Barrie'', Peter Davies Publishing. 1938.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://monstaah.angelfire.com/woldnewtonbeyond/captain-hook-at-eton.html|title=Captain Hook at Eton|website=[[Angelfire]]}}</ref> and his final words are "Floreat Etona", Eton's motto. In the novel, Hook's last words are a similarly upper-class "bad form", in disapproval of the way [[Peter Pan]] beats him by throwing him overboard. He also has a yellow [[blood disorder]].

The book relates that Peter Pan began the ongoing rivalry between them by feeding the pirate's hand to a crocodile. After getting a taste of Hook, the crocodile pursues him relentlessly, but the ticking clock it has also swallowed warns Hook of its presence.<ref>Barrie, J. M. ''Peter and Wendy''. Hodder & Stoughton (1911).</ref>