Young Aslan
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Hi, I'm new here. So I just finished reading all the Narnia books and loved them. I can't wait to hear more about the books.
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Copperfox
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Greetings in the Name of the Lion! Sorry I didn't notice you sooner!
One of the most important things to understand about the Chronicles is that they CONTAIN COMPARISONS, but they are not AN ALLEGORY. Aslan is NOT a symbol of a metaphor of a hint of an analogy of a fable of someone who kind of resembles Jesus Christ. If you write an allegory, as a rule you don't have people from OUTSIDE the allegory wander INTO it from the regular world.
Aslan is supposed to BE the actual historical Yeshua Messiah, ASSUMING the form of a lion, in order to initiate adventures in an alternate world. If you have never yet read any of Mister Lewis' NON-fiction, I urge you to read his autobiography, Surprised By Joy; it will shed light upon how he came to write the Chronicles and also the Space Trilogy.
One of the most important things to understand about the Chronicles is that they CONTAIN COMPARISONS, but they are not AN ALLEGORY. Aslan is NOT a symbol of a metaphor of a hint of an analogy of a fable of someone who kind of resembles Jesus Christ. If you write an allegory, as a rule you don't have people from OUTSIDE the allegory wander INTO it from the regular world.
Aslan is supposed to BE the actual historical Yeshua Messiah, ASSUMING the form of a lion, in order to initiate adventures in an alternate world. If you have never yet read any of Mister Lewis' NON-fiction, I urge you to read his autobiography, Surprised By Joy; it will shed light upon how he came to write the Chronicles and also the Space Trilogy.