Um - Jodel, are you saying the last judgement, in TLB, rings false because the Narnians have not (for the most part) been bad and haven't really brought it on themselves? I don't see that at all; here, I actually do understand Lewis's theology. The Narnians have done nothing to deserve all these disasters - but, in the end, the universe itself will implode. That's just the way life is. Or, as Roonwit says, "all worlds must end". I can understand and accept that, even if it makes me uncomfortable.
OTOH, if you're saying that Lewis seems to be trying to give reasons for the unreasonable and cruel end of Narnia, and that it doesn't work - yes. I agree. I also agree that TLB doesn't get really good until they are all through the stable door.
But my essay wasn't actually about TLB. It was a compare and contrast between Eustace Scrubb and Harry Potter, mostly. And I still like Eustace better than Harry.
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Re: Good points!
Date: 2009-05-17 01:21 am (UTC)OTOH, if you're saying that Lewis seems to be trying to give reasons for the unreasonable and cruel end of Narnia, and that it doesn't work - yes. I agree. I also agree that TLB doesn't get really good until they are all through the stable door.
But my essay wasn't actually about TLB. It was a compare and contrast between Eustace Scrubb and Harry Potter, mostly. And I still like Eustace better than Harry.
Thanks for your comments.