Further comment, from Sara Pierce, on that bit in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe where a 12-year-old girl says something Aslan doesnt like and he glares at her in such a way that nobody ever ma[kes] that suggestion to him again: Adding in a childs perspective here (as told to me by my own child): Aslan is a lion. Not a cute, cuddly kitty. A full-grown, giant lion. And he doesnt just frown. He growls. My daughter was more frightened of Aslan than she was of Jadis. I dont think shes the only child who would have felt that way. This raises one problem I have with Aslans behaviour that isnt directly to do with him being allegorical. Of all the ways he could stop the Witch (with or without being killed by her), why does he choose the plan that rests on putting four children in mortal danger whose ages range between 8 and 13 - one of whom, aged 10, is intimidated, imprisoned, starved, physically abused, threatened with execution twice and later stabbed to almost-death? Come to that: why does Aslan continuously threaten prepubescent childrens lives throughout the series, summoning them from a parallel dimension specifically to place them in mortal danger? Why does this, too, go totally unremarked upon? Either his followers are as recklessly dim as he is or theyre too frightened of him to bring it up, and theres textual support for both.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:24:58 +0000
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