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Post by erictheblue on Mar 31, 2009 6:30:32 GMT -5
There's 2 parts to this post...
1) Just before Christmas, my iPod crapped out and I thought I had lost all the Harry Potter books I had bought for it. So I went to the iTunes store, looking for more audibooks. I saw they had the complete dramatized Chronicles of Narnia, which I loved as a kid (and still reread occasionally as an adult). I bought The Last Battle, which was my favorite of the books.
I finally got around to listening to it yesterday, and almost threw up. It's starts off by saying "Focus on the Family Radio presents The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle." FOCUS ON THE FAMILY RADIO!!! I bought something that supports Focus on the Family??!!!
However, once I got past that, the dramatization is very good. Almost good enough for me to buy a few of the others that I really like. (Some books are better than others.)
2) Obviously, I know the series is Christian allegory. I actually figured that out on my own as a pre-teen. But I have never been able to figure out what all the books are about.
The Magician's Nephew is clearly Genesis, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is Easter, and The Last Battle is Revelations. But what are the other 4 supposed to be? Prince Caspian and A Horse and His Boy could both represent the return of the Jews from captivity, but if so, the connections are very vague. I have no ideas about The Silver Chair or The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Post by Death on Mar 31, 2009 7:26:04 GMT -5
Never really took much notice even though I was raised xian and A Horse and His Boy was one of my fave books growing up.
but if anything please watch the series from the BBC. The effects are a little cheesy but at the time they were groundbreaking. The rest of the movie industry went on to copy their techniques.
You can find the complete series here
I still love it.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5wVZZ2UUNM&feature=PlayList&p=1448645B91EB950E&index=0&playnext=1 [/youtube]
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 31, 2009 9:41:17 GMT -5
I never really understood how it's supposed to be christian allegory. It's just stories. Stories are stories are stories. Why does one absolutely have to do with another?
Even when authors come out and say "it was an allegory" I have a hard time making the connection in most cases.
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Post by Julian on Mar 31, 2009 10:22:30 GMT -5
I never really understood how it's supposed to be christian allegory. It's just stories. Stories are stories are stories. Why does one absolutely have to do with another? Even when authors come out and say "it was an allegory" I have a hard time making the connection in most cases. Have you read the 7th one? The Last Battle. It's nauseating faith based piffle, and even I got that when I read it when I was 10, so it's not exactly subtle about it...
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Post by Death on Mar 31, 2009 10:23:52 GMT -5
I never really understood how it's supposed to be christian allegory. It's just stories. Stories are stories are stories. Why does one absolutely have to do with another? Even when authors come out and say "it was an allegory" I have a hard time making the connection in most cases. Have you read the 7th one? The Last Battle. It's nauseating faith based piffle, and even I got that when I read it when I was 10, so it's not exactly subtle about it... agreed
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 31, 2009 10:26:04 GMT -5
I haven't read that one, so I can't speak to it.
EDIT: And that was my post #420... which is oddly fitting.
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Post by Aqualung on Mar 31, 2009 10:42:37 GMT -5
The Last Battle is still the most depressing thing I've ever read. I haven't read the entire Bible, so I don't know about the others either.
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Post by Paradox on Mar 31, 2009 10:47:11 GMT -5
I've always loved these books because my mother read them to me when I was a kid. She also read me Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Good times.
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Post by Mira on Mar 31, 2009 10:49:25 GMT -5
I liked The Magician's Nephew, Prince Caspian, and most of all, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. All the others bored me.
I have no idea what they are allegories for, I think most of them are their own stories.
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Post by Paradox on Mar 31, 2009 10:52:52 GMT -5
I don't think those were direct allegories of any particular Biblical story, but stories that incorperated Christian-ish themes. That was the impression I got.
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Post by Aqualung on Mar 31, 2009 11:23:27 GMT -5
I liked The Magician's Nephew, Prince Caspian, and most of all, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. All the others bored me. I have no idea what they are allegories for, I think most of them are their own stories. Voyage of the Dawn Treader was my favorite too.
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Post by trike on Mar 31, 2009 13:55:12 GMT -5
Lewis never originally set out to write an allegory, but I guess its proof that you write what you know (and I don't mean that in a bad way, I still find myself liking allegories). I loved the books, although I hated Prince Caspian, even the Last Battle was good in parts.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Mar 31, 2009 14:26:13 GMT -5
What trike said.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Mar 31, 2009 15:56:00 GMT -5
Actually, it's not an allegory. It's a "what-if" scenario.
What if there was alternate universe with a different "plan of salvation"? Where pagan creatures existed?
I actually love the books for how they were written, even the "Last Battle". C.S. Lewis believed that children's books should be written the same as adult's books. Otherwise, it's condescending. If only more people today had that point of view... there might be more people that enjoy reading.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Mar 31, 2009 15:58:42 GMT -5
I read the first 4 books and stopped. When the movie came out, Narnia stuff was everywhere and it made sick.
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