tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post8709876137799177413..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Adults and NarniaCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-25474261334648037312011-07-20T14:40:47.605-07:002011-07-20T14:40:47.605-07:00When I read a review by a Christian who disliked H...When I read a review by a Christian who disliked Harry Potter "because children in those stories do things that should be left to adults", I thought of this aspect of the Narnia books. Much of children's literature requires the absence of realistic adults. I decided I was OK with that or I'd have to try to limit Hardy Boys, A Little Princess The Great Brain books and many others.Taianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-57560756729010689272011-07-20T13:22:07.547-07:002011-07-20T13:22:07.547-07:00I have honestly never really thought of the adults...I have honestly never really thought of the adults being represented that way in the books. Caspian's dear nurse was good until she was sent away but she was replaced with another good adult, his professor. And does the implication end with adult humans I wonder? Certainly Tumnus, the Beavers, Father Christmas and Trumpkin are good adults. (well, maybe it's true Tumnus was not to be trusted, at first!) <br />Thanks for giving me something else to think about regarding Narnia! :)Narnia_girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12117932309787017017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-71018126604535811202011-07-19T15:36:19.019-07:002011-07-19T15:36:19.019-07:00Lots of kids' books treat their adult characte...Lots of kids' books treat their adult characters with disdain; that's why a lot of them get challenged. I love those books though! :-)Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-23173620360130928212011-07-19T11:07:09.443-07:002011-07-19T11:07:09.443-07:00"But imagine having a Lucy heart your whole l..."But imagine having a Lucy heart your whole life---willing to believe in the unexpected and unexplainable."<br /><br />Love this thought!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-83534728479892822982011-07-19T10:43:49.192-07:002011-07-19T10:43:49.192-07:00I didn't see the references to grown-ups as di...I didn't see the references to grown-ups as disrespectful -- more as just a sad acknowledgement that they're too tied up in real life and the real world, too practical to be imaginative. Maybe it's an indirect reference to Christ's saying that we need to have the heart of a child to believe.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-72123223645311656652011-07-19T08:15:15.556-07:002011-07-19T08:15:15.556-07:00This is the book I had my eye on, but I ended up o...This is the book I had my eye on, but I ended up ordering Jonathan Roger's book instead(for now). I know they are very different, but I thought Jonathan's was closer to what I was looking for at the moment.<br /><br />I'd been reading the books trying to attempt to figure out what "things" meant, and not being too successful, for the most part. I had to remind myself this will be the only "first" time I'll get to read them, and to just enjoy the ride. :)<br /><br />I love that you said going to Narnia was an easy and cheap vacation. I'd never thought of books that way before, so that is a really cool way to put it!Bluerosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680170638396181756noreply@blogger.com