Captain Hook is the villain of J. M. Barrie's play and novel Peter Pan. Captain Hook is a pirate captain and Peter Pan's nemesis. It is said that he was Blackbeard's bosun, and that he was the only man Long John Silver ever feared.
Captain Hook wears an iron hook in place of his right hand (though in the Disney version it's the left hand to allow greater mobility) which was cut off by Peter Pan and eaten by a crocodile; the crocodile liked the taste of him so much that it follows him around constantly, hoping for more. Captain Hook hates Peter obsessively, and lives for the day he can make Peter and all his Lost Boys walk the plank.
It is hypothesized that Captain Hook was modeled after the famous English captain Christopher Newport.
Both were dark-haired captains of dubious pasts, and both were missing their right hands which were replaced by metal hooks.
Another hypothesis claims that Captain Hook could represent Captain James Cook, the British captain who discovered both Australia and New Zealand.
There is as well a real and alive one-handed Captain Hook, cruising with his ship Mr Hook the waters of the Mediterranean sea in Turkey, mostly between Marmaris and the Gulf of Fethiye, since many years.
Mister Hook's cruises are a very special and exclusive offer, reserved only for the guests of Olympos Yachting.
Mister Hook departs in season 2007 on every saturday from Marmaris to Fethiye
and on every wednesday from Fethiye to Marmaris. |
