Comments | barnabas_truman: especially Uncle Andrew from _The_Magician's_Nephew

barnabas_truman

especially Uncle Andrew from _The_Magician's_Nephew_

Mar 12, 2006 09:46

Now that I'm looking back at the Chronicles of Narnia with more of an understanding of what Lewis was really writing about, I've found that I identify a lot more with the villains, because I realize they're meant to be symbolic of non-Christians like me. :-\

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zcomm March 12 2006, 19:15:11 UTC

Was he really writing about modern christians and non-christians? I thought it had more biblical roots-- about believing vs disbelief. I'll re-read and think about it.

barnabas_truman March 12 2006, 19:41:59 UTC

Lewis himself wrote that Narnia was meant not as a direct allegory, but as a "supposition"--what if there was another world next-door to ours that also needed salvation, and Christ decided to appear there in a different form (Aslan) to save it?

A lot of the characters, though, certainly seem to represent specific sorts of people in the modern world--either shining examples of types Lewis liked (good christians) or pathetic and foolish strawmen of types he didn't (atheists, scientists, muslims, pagans, etc.).

figsauce March 12 2006, 21:28:47 UTC

He didn't do a very good job of making Aslan into a Christ figure--or at least not a Christ figure as distinct from other hero-god/Mithraic/Green Man/king sacrifice/what have you stories.

I wonder what would've happened if Lewis had turned to his kink side instead of to Jeebus as a source of creative inspiration. Now that would've been good times. ;)

barnabas_truman March 12 2006, 22:37:20 UTC

Maybe he was just writing about his fantasy involving a powerful woman with a shaved pussy lying tied up on a stone table.

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agoutirex March 13 2006, 04:38:53 UTC

I loved the Narnia books until the Last battle. LAst Battle is shit. Although Tash is pretty sweet.

serendipity17 March 13 2006, 22:32:21 UTC

I called Barnabas at midnight to gripe at him about how lame Last Battle was, particularly the ending. Gah!

barnabas_truman March 14 2006, 06:53:56 UTC

She did. I was sitting at my desk, starting to fall asleep over a game of Diablo II, when the phone rang and Hazel said "Gah! Last Battle is stupid!!!" I replied "Yeah, I already told you that. So?"

anonymous March 14 2006, 04:15:47 UTC

Aw shucks. Maybe you should get your money back from Chauncery Lane. Unfortunately they went out of business bout 10 years ago!
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