Narnia

[mystril at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Jamieson Wolf Villeneuve 
<crowswolf at s...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Schlobin at a... wrote:
> 
> For more than a half century, "The Chronicles of Narnia" captivated
> 
> > children with tales of Aslan, a tawny lion who ruled a wintry
> > Narnian kingdom of dwarfs, fauns and occasionally errant English
> > schoolchildren.
> >
> > Mixing fantasy with Christian allegories and imagery, the author
> > C. S. Lewis, one of the 20th century's most influential
> > interpreters of Christianity, created a saga that spanned seven
> > novels, beginning in 1950 with "The Lion, the Witch and the
> > Wardrobe," which have sold more than 65 million copies in more 
than
> > 30 languages.
> 
> Can you believe it? I didn't think the books were remotely 
Christian...I
> just thought they were good. I grew up on those books, and have 
recently
> re-read "The Lion, The Wich and The Wardrobe" and nothing struck me 
as
> vaguely Christian. Go figure...
> 
> Hugs
> Jamieson
> 

When I read _The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe_ as a kid, I 
didn't have the foggiest idea that they were Christian, but I didn't 
read the entire series. As an adult, I bought the set for the day 
when I have my own kids and reread them -- then, I definitely noticed 
the Christian allegory. Especially in "The Last Battle," which I 
found that I didn't like as much at the others. 

I don't like what they are doing to the Narnia books, it doesn't show 
respect to either the people who have loved the books for years or 
the author, who had a message he wanted to share and now it is 
getting muddled by the marketing. 

I was a little upset when I first saw all the Harry Potter 
merchandizing too. A lot of it is just awful, but the next round 
looks a little nicer. 

I'm not always such a crank when it comes to a separation of toys and 
books, but I have that nervous hesitation that something I care about 
is going to be messed up by marketers who have never read the books. 

~mystril