Drew Clarkson
November 8, 2016
Narnia
One question that has been on my mind is the fact that many of the human characters in the Narnia series do not appear in the later books, as they do not believe anymore in the world they once knew. This is an interesting concept for me, which seems peculiar given their direct experience and interaction with this world. But, what is the deeper meaning that Lewis is trying to portray by this? Given the nature of the Biblical symbolism this series represents, I think we have to try and understand this idea from a Biblical perspective. So what does it mean? Honestly, I'm not completely sure about it, and I think that it is further complicated by the fact that they so directly experienced this land, yet still lost their belief. Moses directly experienced God on a few occasions, but even though he made his mistakes, he never completely lost belief in God as did these characters. Another example would be Paul on the road to Damascus. After his direct experience, he never turned away from the faith that he experienced so vividly. I think it is cynical to compare these instances to direct experience with the living God of the universe, but in this context, I can see no other way to interpret it from a Biblical example. My only other idea would be that those who lost belief, maybe never truly believed in Narnia in the first place, so even though they had a chance to experience it directly, they never fully understood. Or, maybe it was a comparison to the thousands upon thousands of people who heard Jesus preach while he was on earth, saw him work miracles, yet never believed. However, I'm not really sure what it means!
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