Prince Caspian Chapter 9: “What Lucy Saw”

Narnia Read-Along Vol. 2, Issue 10

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Inspiration: We know C.S. Lewis as a successful writer, but he faced numerous disappointments that could’ve derailed his life and work. Instead, they inspired much of his writing and gave him perspective on enduring and overcoming.

Application: Our preconceptions can cause us to miss what we should see and lead to further disappointments. The Pevensies keep wrongly assuming their second trip to Narnia will mirror their first. Aslan does not violate his character, but he does challenge limited understandings of him.

Chapter 9 quote: “Wouldn’t it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men started going wild inside, like the animals here, and still looked like men, so that you’d never know which were which?”