Now, be honest...

Did the Last Battle Make You Cry?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 23 53.5%

  • Nope.

    Votes: 13 30.2%

  • Of course not...Never! Not at all.....that much.

    Votes: 7 16.3%
  • Total voters
    43
I don't usually cry at books or movies. But I did get teary-eyed at the end of this one...because it had to end, and nearly all the characters are dead (even if they are in Aslan's country, it still was hard), and because Susan didn't end up there.

Which always makes me cry. I wonder why Lewis did that...
 
He wanted to show that sometimes the people who try the hardest to be "grown-up" end up looking the most childish after all?

Welcome, Band Geek. I didn't see you post before. :)
 
NarnianBandGeek said:
I don't usually cry at books or movies. But I did get teary-eyed at the end of this one...because it had to end, and nearly all the characters are dead (even if they are in Aslan's country, it still was hard), and because Susan didn't end up there.

Which always makes me cry. I wonder why Lewis did that...
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Because it makes sense Susan would. I always thought though Susan did still come back to Narnia, eventualy. :)
 
inkspot said:
He wanted to show that sometimes the people who try the hardest to be "grown-up" end up looking the most childish after all?

Welcome, Band Geek. I didn't see you post before. :)
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That makes sense. So much of everything requires childlike faith, which is something Susan always had trouble with. I still cry though, because I really did like her until I realized that she had actually forgotten Narnia.
 
The saddest bit about Susan not dying for me is that everyone she truly loves - her siblings, etc. - all died, and she's alone. And though it's possible she ends up in Aslan's country with the rest, it's still possible that she doesn't. So I wish that Lewis left some sort of indication for us Susanites. ;) It would have been much more comforting letting the series go that way than it is not knowing.
 
I'm secure enough in my manliness to admit. I cried like baby at the end of this book. But they were sweet tears, and this is the only book I've ever actually shed tears upon reading. Definitely teared up with others, but not like this. I held it together until the last paragraph, which several other people mentioned. The hope of that is just so beautiful. Related to the whole "hopes being fulfilled" theme, anyone ever read Till We Have Faces?
 
Welcome, Fishbulb. I didn't see you post before.

I always cry when I read TLB ...
And n the HP series, when I read DH.
And sometimes in the LOTR series at ROTK, but not always.
 
The last battle did not make me cry.. until I found out that they'd died and I realised how terrible it would be for Susan with her whole family dieing.

Then I cried, but that was really my imagination as opposed to the actual book.
 
Yeah, I cried at the end of TLB. It had such a beautiful ending. I was happy because all of them (exept for Susan) got to be together in Aslan's country. I especially like when Lucy gets to talk to Mr. Tumnus again. :)
It made me sad though to think of Susan losing all of her family and being alone.
 
*sniffle* Yes, I cried. All eleven times I read the book. Mainly the thing that made me sad was realizing they were all dead and Susan wasn't with them, but the other thing was that the adventures were over and it was such a beautiful ending. Every single time I finished the book I would come out of my room with tears streaming down my face and my mom would be like, "What's wrong?!" And then I would choke out, "Narnia...." and everyone around me would groan and go back to what they were doing. :p
 
I can't remember, it's been some time ago since I read the Last Battle. Though I've read it more then once. I didn't cry I'm pretty sure. I somehow didn't like the end, I mean I did somewhat. I know that they are all in Aslan's country, but they had to die to be there. And I'm not going to start on Susan. I guess I just wish the books would have gone on and on. :)
 
Ah, yes, that would have been swell, if they had gone on and on ... But Lewis went on ot Aslan's country, too ...
 
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