This
book is great! I have not interacted with these stories since that mediocre
movie came out and I didn’t even know how much I missed them. IT reminded me of
my childhood and I really like the world that Lewis creates. He is clearly very
Tolkeinesque, as there are motifs of Christianity and a love for nature that
are major in both authors’ works. In The
Lion, however, Lewis also breaks the fourth wall constantly, directed at
his young readers, saying things like, “And now we come to one of the nastiest
things in this story.” Lewis is also always warning his readers to, if they go
into a wardrobe, not close the door behind them, obviously concerned about the
safety of impressionable children.
I think
Lewis develops his male characters, Peter and Edmund, really well as foils to one
another, yet the female characters seem less well developed, though Lucy is
very likeable. I felt like Susan didn’t have any major attributes that stood
out. I would say that the book is certainly of its time (the 1940s and 50s) in
how it treats women and girls. On the other hand, it has a really nice view of
being emotional, rejecting the idea that people should bottle things in. After
one particularly difficult moment he writes, “I won’t say there wasn’t kissing
and crying on both sides. But in Narnia no one thinks any worse of you for
that.” This is a great book and I’m gonna read the whole series.
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