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"For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are." The children and the cabby saw such beautiful things, such as when the trees sprung from the earth like little hands with little hands growing from them and so on. The animals saw joy and humor. Uncle Andrew thought about how he could make a profit out of the land, but he was afraid of the lion.

It is interesting to think about how one’s character affects the way they look at beautiful things. The caddy, a kind, optimistic man, is quick to see the beauty in things and be grateful and appreciative. The children and the horse, innocent creatures, are also joyful at the sense of the beautiful sounds and sights. The wicked, the magicians, find the beauty repulsive and feel a need to leave the scene.

I really enjoy how emotions are described through the senses. I also enjoy how the absence of a thing can be felt, actually, with the senses. Sometimes one doesn’t acknowledge these things to be felt physically, or seen, or smelled, or even just acknowledged on the back of one’s mind, but these descriptions are so specific and vivid that you just understand!

"Then his face went the wrong sort of shape as it does if you're trying to keep back your tears." This line makes me shape his face in my mind in a way that is so specific to my own emotions. I have to feel as Digory feels in order to also envision it. Wonderful! I also enjoy how the expressions of Uncle Andrew are noticed so clearly such that we can poke at what the intentions behind his actions may be.