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runkysaurus 's review for:
The Horse and His Boy
by C.S. Lewis
"Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah"
"I'll never be able to say that. Can I call you Bree?"
And from that moment on the horse is just "Bree", even in narration, even when meeting new people. He has remembered his name all these years even though he never could tell it to anyone, and the very first person he tells (a white little boy) dismisses him and shortens his name to just Bree. Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah honestly feels like a name Lewis gave the horse as an intentionally "ridiculous" name with no intention of ever actually using it. The horse comments that Shasta's name is actually hard to pronounce, but he never attempts to shorten or change it.
Lots of reviews point out racism throughout this story, but the name change particularly struck me, because Shasta/Cor does it without thinking twice about it and has no awareness he has even done anything wrong in much the same way that a white person could read this story just glazing over the racism without acknowledging it.
I wouldn't recommend this book. I don't know how racist the other books are, but you can easily skip this book without missing any important plot at all.
"I'll never be able to say that. Can I call you Bree?"
And from that moment on the horse is just "Bree", even in narration, even when meeting new people. He has remembered his name all these years even though he never could tell it to anyone, and the very first person he tells (a white little boy) dismisses him and shortens his name to just Bree. Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah honestly feels like a name Lewis gave the horse as an intentionally "ridiculous" name with no intention of ever actually using it. The horse comments that Shasta's name is actually hard to pronounce, but he never attempts to shorten or change it.
Lots of reviews point out racism throughout this story, but the name change particularly struck me, because Shasta/Cor does it without thinking twice about it and has no awareness he has even done anything wrong in much the same way that a white person could read this story just glazing over the racism without acknowledging it.
I wouldn't recommend this book. I don't know how racist the other books are, but you can easily skip this book without missing any important plot at all.