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wesblackburn123 's review for:
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis
I read this series previously as a child and I have to say that after reading them as an adult, I enjoyed and appreciate them even more.
Things I loved:
-The reoccurring theme of forgiveness
-Eustace’s character development (he was a bit of an asshole in The Dawn Treader)
- Jill. She’s my favorite character in the series! She’s pretty bad ass!
- I am a Christian, so I appreciated the parallels between the theological concepts of the Bible and the ones that play out in this series. HOWEVER, I also think these concepts are not specifically “Christian”, anyone can carry these life lessons/messages into real life.
-Emeth’s character and his salvation. Emeth, who was a Calormen and worshiped Tash, was also a good person and Aslan allows him to enter the afterlife in Aslan’s Country. As Aslan says- “I take to me the services which thou hast done to Tash [the false god]... if any man swear by him and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him.”
I think this is a big deal considering the books were written in the 50’s, and it’s very progressive for Lewis
to have included it in his writing.
-The White Witch: a truly fabulous and evil villain. The Lady of Green Kirtle is pretty scary as well.
What I didn’t like:
-There is some racism here against the Calormen, Lewis constantly references them as being darker, prideful, and smelling of garlic. They worship a false god- Tash- who ends up actually being an evil demon. Only a few good characters are Calormen: Avaris and Emeth among them.
Things I loved:
-The reoccurring theme of forgiveness
-Eustace’s character development (he was a bit of an asshole in The Dawn Treader)
- Jill. She’s my favorite character in the series! She’s pretty bad ass!
- I am a Christian, so I appreciated the parallels between the theological concepts of the Bible and the ones that play out in this series. HOWEVER, I also think these concepts are not specifically “Christian”, anyone can carry these life lessons/messages into real life.
-Emeth’s character and his salvation. Emeth, who was a Calormen and worshiped Tash, was also a good person and Aslan allows him to enter the afterlife in Aslan’s Country. As Aslan says- “I take to me the services which thou hast done to Tash [the false god]... if any man swear by him and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him.”
I think this is a big deal considering the books were written in the 50’s, and it’s very progressive for Lewis
to have included it in his writing.
-The White Witch: a truly fabulous and evil villain. The Lady of Green Kirtle is pretty scary as well.
What I didn’t like:
-There is some racism here against the Calormen, Lewis constantly references them as being darker, prideful, and smelling of garlic. They worship a false god- Tash- who ends up actually being an evil demon. Only a few good characters are Calormen: Avaris and Emeth among them.