Status Updates From A Reading Companion: Till W...

“We should not turn to ourselves and our strengths to live life as humanism espouses, and neither should we blame fate, as if we have no choice. Orual cannot see that she has always had choice.”

“Not only does Orual immediately acknowledge he is who he is by calling him “Lord”, but she also knows she has changed within. “No rebel” is left. Manganiello maintains that “Orual’s receptiveness to the speech of the god allows him to correct her defective vision” as the story unfolds.”

“Part of true philia is the openness, the lack of demands put upon friends”

“Because she knows so little of love, Orual thinks it can be used.”

“Glover suggests that Orual is “fighting the demons of self-love, self righteousness, and self-importance…they carry in them the seeds of hatred. If Affection is made the absolute sovereign of a human life the seeds will germinate. Love, having become a god, becomes a demon.”

“…from a place beyond the senses and kindles a hope that there is heaven, that heaven is our home, and that we will return there. It is painful because nothing in this world can satisfy it, no matter how hard we may try to do so; it is sweetly painful because we can intuit its origin and our destiny.”

“…sweat as the kindest creature…far better than philosophy, as a cure for ill thoughts.”

DNF. Nothing wrong with the book. I just lost interest before finishing it and moving on to other books.

"As Orual questions Arnom about what Ungit has made, his answers simply beg more questions. She’s convinced the riddle of the gods remains. Who can understand?"

Not me, i do not understand it

"She understands only the literal element of the story, not the spiritual."

That sounds about right!!

If I as a reader am supposed to see Oruel as negatively as this, it might have been better her in third person rather than first-person

"Psyche is operating in a reality where she is fully aware of the natural and spiritual planes whereas Orual is limited to her own selfish mindset. They do not see the same way."

Well. I certainly wouldn't notice it if it weren't pointed out.
"If we look beyond the pagan shell of this description, then we see how Lewis is shaping a spiritual and Christian parallel."