Edmund and Lucy don’t feel merely left out they feel stuck. Susan got to travel to America with their parents because “she was the pretty one,” and Peter was studying for a big exam with help from Professor Kirke. Lucy and Edmund are not particularly happy about this. The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader” begins about a year in our time after the adventure in Prince Caspian, and we find Edmund and Lucy staying with their cousin, Eustace Scrubb, son of Aunt Alberta and Uncle Harold. I’ll share some of our discussion highlights in the reflection that follows my summary of the story. While my sons were dying to know what the end of the world would be like, I was happily absorbed in the “sights” along the way and kept questioning them about the nature of the journey itself. Lewis as our captain, I knew we were heading somewhere special. Their answer was always a definitive, “Yes!” As we sailed further and further into the deep unknown, I kept asking my sons, “Should we keep going?” When I read it to my five- and six-year-old sons, we felt like part of the crew, searching for the end of the world right along with them. The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader” gave new depth to the world of Narnia.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |