Honestly, it never felt like that to me. Aslan always read as a Jesus allegory to me, and honestly, I much prefer Lewis' idea of Jesus/Aslan than most ideas of God that Christian religions try to sell.
So to me, all the books read 100% allegory to me, and so the major moments merely come off as a natural extension of that. And the talk with Lucy and Ed felt so reassuring to me. Yeah, they had to stop playing around in Narnia and living in the past, they had to grow up and find God on their own terms, not just have it all handed to them in a handy lion shaped package.
Now, the movies have toned down a lot of the book themes so far, so I can see why these moments would feel more like sledgehammers of MORALS, but they always felt fine to me when I read them in the books, especially because they didn't feel like 'or else' judgements. Like 'do this or else HELLFIRE YOU SINNERS'.
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Re: Just one answer.
Date: 2010-06-17 02:28 am (UTC)So to me, all the books read 100% allegory to me, and so the major moments merely come off as a natural extension of that. And the talk with Lucy and Ed felt so reassuring to me. Yeah, they had to stop playing around in Narnia and living in the past, they had to grow up and find God on their own terms, not just have it all handed to them in a handy lion shaped package.
Now, the movies have toned down a lot of the book themes so far, so I can see why these moments would feel more like sledgehammers of MORALS, but they always felt fine to me when I read them in the books, especially because they didn't feel like 'or else' judgements. Like 'do this or else HELLFIRE YOU SINNERS'.