The moral at the end of the Narnia series is about the worst thing I’ve ever read.
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The four kids who were heroes of the series end up dying in a train accident. Then they go to heaven and meet Aslan, who is of course Jesus, and they’re all so happy they just died. Then they notice their sister isn’t there with them. Why? Because she stopped believing in Aslan and started liking clothes and shopping too much. Their response to the revelation that their sister is not in heaven with them? shrug (basically).
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Actually there’s a bunch of really horrible shit in Narnia. Another fun scene is at the end of The Silver Chair. I’m not even sure what the moral is; the scene is just weird as hell if you think about it (SPOILERS)
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So the book starts out with the poor kids going to a modern, secular school that C.S. Lewis clearly has it in for. Then they get transported to Narnia, have magic adventures, etc. At the end of the book they go back to this supposedly horrible school… but Aslan comes with them. The magic lion blows up the school wall and gives the kids weapons and they beat up all the kids at their school. It’s a lot like the end of the Neverending Story movie where Bastion rides down his bullies on the back of the luckdragon, at first glance a standard revenge fantasy.
But it’s weird! I mean, Aslan is the Narnian Jesus. So why doesn’t he simply appear as a sandal-and-robe wearing Jesus Christ when he comes to Earth? And why the hell is the Narnian Jesus comissioning his follower-children to go around beating the shit out of people and blowing up school walls, even if it’s semi-illusionary?
C.S. Lewis has issues. Don’t even get me started on the completely messed up moral structure of The Magician’s Nephew.