Escaping through the Wardrobe
My little sister practically forced me into reading the Harry Potter books starting last weekend–and it’s been fun. But I was delighted when June rolled into July, marking a hiatus from venturing into...
View ArticlePrince Caspian: Returning to Narnia
It always stuns me a bit, how dense the Pevensie four can be. Magically whisked out of their own world and placed along a coast of quite another, they haven’t a clue where they are. Actually, that’s...
View ArticleFairy Tales: Truth Veiled
The young Caspian is the epitome of child-like faith. Enthralled with the stories his nurse has told him, longing for days long since past, his faith finds voice when his uncle asks him what he might...
View ArticleSuppressing truth, inventing ghosts
“…We believe it was far from here, down at the mouth of the Great River, on the very shore of the sea.” “Ugh!” said Caspian with a shudder. “Do you mean in the Black Woods? Where all the– the–you know,...
View ArticleTrumpkin: The Modern Skeptic
“Do you believe all those old stories?” asked Trumpkin. “I tell you, we don’t change, we beasts,” said Trufflehunter. “We don’t forget. I believe in the High King Peter and the rest that reigned at...
View ArticleTruth and Consequence in Prince Caspian
The time has come to close this year’s Chronicles of Narnia reading challenge–and I, as usual, have not managed to quite accomplish what I set out to do. My plan, per my introduction post, was to...
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