Timeline for Why was Susan treated so unkindly?
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| Mar 31, 2017 at 0:55 | comment | added | Omegacron | @Turambar - you bring up an excellent point about the characterization of the Pevensie children. I would also point out that the "Narnia Club" (as Machavity phrased it) and Caspian represent the disciples of Aslan, aka Jesus. Susan's behavior loosely fits that of Thomas, who was somewhat of a pessimist, and is of course famous for doubting the Resurrection of Christ unless he could see & touch Jesus for himself. | |
| Nov 3, 2016 at 16:56 | comment | added | jinglesthula | Some of the stories I love the most didn't tie up all the loose ends. This is one thing that makes them so thought-provoking. It makes you ask questions and think about possible answers. Lewis makes it clear it's a question mark rather than an exclamation point at the "end" of Susan's story. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 12:23 | comment | added | Rogue Jedi | @Adamant The precise letter from The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy has been found. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 12:22 | history | edited | Rogue Jedi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 1, 2016 at 2:13 | comment | added | Adamant | I approved an edit to your post that provided the primary source, but upon closer examination it looks like neither the edited version nor the link accompanying your original quote contains the precise wording in your quote block. Is this perhaps the source? | |
| S Nov 1, 2016 at 2:08 | history | suggested | stacksmashing | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Linking to a more legitimate source (although no hate to ao3)
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| Oct 31, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | MissMonicaE | @JanusBahsJacquet I think it was hinted at in Dawn Treader when they're talking about Susan going to America. | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 15:06 | comment | added | Matt Gutting | @janusbahsjacquet I don't think it was entirely off screen; but consider that we don't see her for something like 8 years, time enough for a lot of things to happen. | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 13:35 | comment | added | Turambar | (pt 2) person whose faith goes through the most trials and doubts, but ultimately would still come around. It's just that Lewis's Narnia stories ended in the middle of Susan's story. Edit: Whoops, didn't realize that other comments and answers covered this. I'll leave it, if only so other readers know to look further for more detail. | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 13:33 | comment | added | Turambar | @JanusBahsJacquet (pt 1) Consider from a story perspective the four Pevensie children: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Lucy gets designated as perpetually faithful from the start, the one that always believes with the faith of a child regardless of evidence (see Prince Caspian). Edmund was the redeemed traitor, so he can't go back without hurting characterization. Peter was the High King, so losing his presence in the story would hurt the story. But Susan from the start was shown as hesitant, though eventually willing, to believe. So of all the characters, she made the most sense to use as the | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 0:11 | comment | added | Adamant | With respect to that first letter, did you find the original? I’ve seen at least one apocryphal Lewis letter floating around. | |
| Oct 30, 2016 at 23:39 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | Excellent find, +1! I still wonder why her turning into that silly, conceited woman happened so entirely off-screen when it had such a huge impact on one of the main characters in the series… but I rather get the feeling from his reply here that he was perhaps a bit tired of Susan and just couldn't really be bothered devoting more time to her. | |
| Oct 30, 2016 at 23:34 | history | answered | Rogue Jedi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |