The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Chapter 2 “On Board the Dawn Treader”

C.S. Lewis Read-Along, Vol. 3, Issue 3

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Chapter 2 “On Board the Dawn Treader”

Background: C.S. Lewis’ life was marked by a longing he never understood until he became a Christian. Throughout his fiction and nonfiction, Lewis uses this longing to help others find the true destination of their lives. Reepicheep serves as an example of one leaving his honor behind to seek something, somewhere, Someone much greater.

Foreground: Eustace’s self-obsession leads to self-deception. He has blinded himself to his own failures and weaknesses. But unlike the White Witch and Miraz in the previous two Narnia books, he encounters correction and has the opportunity to repent.

Quote: “‘Why should we not come to the very eastern end of the world? And what might we find there? I expect to find Aslan’s own country. It is always from the east, across the sea, that the great Lion comes to us.’”