These are points which I think need to be made about Susan from The Last Battle, because even making the argument that her crime was caring too much about girly things, and no longer believing in Narnia – even making that argument, the passage comes out damn sexist, whatever Lewis intended. There’s this tone of bewildered melancholy, and weary anger, which I thought was excellent. She’s talking about her life after her siblings all died, how she had to identify their bodies, and how she didn’t have much money following the death of her parents, and so forth. It’s essentially a young reporter interviewing a professor of children’s literature, who (it’s very strongly implied) is the grown-up Susan Pevensie. The main body of the story isn’t the problem. Lewis’s behalf, my feelings are hurt by this story. And here’s what I came out of it with: This story hurts my feelings. Lewis and Aslan and God, and leaving Susan behind when everyone heads into Aslan’s country. I reread it yesterday because I was thinking a lot about C.S. While I’m in a talking-about-C.S.-Lewis groove, I might as well review this short story.
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