Sunday, April 16, 2006

During the first few chapters, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader may not not seem overtly symbolic or religous. Many transformations take place, in cluding Eustace's coming of age story. In each chapter a moral lesson unfolds as their adventures do. In the Lone Islands they learned that slavery was wrong by being captured themselves. The storm tested their courage. At Dragon Isaland Eustace underwent his transformation that forever changed who he was. He lost his tough shell and was able to then open up and form friendships. At Death Island they leanred the dangers of greed upon finding a pool that turns everything, including people, to gold. Lucy's faith is tested when she is forced to read from a magicians book and find a spell. The magician turns out to be good, and helps them with useful information and food for thier journey. Lucy is tempted by some of the spells, but Aslan appears and tells her not to use any except the one to make the Dufflepuds visible again. On the Dark Island they find one of Caspain's Father's friends that they had been searching for, and he had been in a place where all your dreams (including the bad ones) come true. At the end of the world they find an island that has a retired star that watches traveller's arrive and gives them food. Siren- like sea people appear and Repicheep dicovers his destiny and decides to stay to travel further into the end of the world. At the end there comes the surprise that the Pevensie children will not be allowed to return to Narnia. It is here where there is a lot of religous connotation. Aslan reminds them that he will always be there with him, and that he has another name in thier world, and we are to assume that he means Jesus. This is a story with many twists and side adventures with something completely different in each chapter. Most dramatic was the change in Eustace, and he is brought into another later book as a changed person.

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