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After encountering a wild bear, Lucy asks: "Wouldn't it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men started going wild inside, like the animals here, and still looked like men, so that you'd never know which were which?"
I figure this is some of Lewis' commentary, but I'm not sure what he's getting at. Maybe the Axis powers in WWII?
— Dec 05, 2025 03:06PM
I figure this is some of Lewis' commentary, but I'm not sure what he's getting at. Maybe the Axis powers in WWII?
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"Aslan," said Lucy, "you're bigger."
"That is because you are older, little one," answered he.
"Not because you are?"
"I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger." (141)
— Dec 17, 2025 06:03PM
"That is because you are older, little one," answered he.
"Not because you are?"
"I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger." (141)
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When I read it early this year, I thought it was almost like a child-appropriate repackaging of his thesis in “The Abolition of Man.” If humans let their appetites, fears, and passions rule them, they risk losing the moral core that makes them human while still appearing perfectly human on the outside. That, in my mind, is Lewis’ truly frightening possibility.
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Zach wrote: "When I read it early this year, I thought it was almost like a child-appropriate repackaging of his thesis in “The Abolition of Man.” If humans let their appetites, fears, and passions rule them, t..."That's a really good thought! Good connection with his other work.
