I seriously think that we were meant to take her as one of the "unbelievers"--Lewis didn't really delve into an actual concept of hell in the Narnia books, so at the very least she seemed doomed to having no afterlife, or a hell conceptualized as "the absence of heaven." Unless, of course, you want to imagine that she grew older and came to Jesus Narnia on her own and had a change of heart.
I just can't BELIEVE that Lewis writes her off with some quick line about how she doesn't like to play Narnia anymore because she's more interested in boys and lipstick. I mean, I guess he's trying not to trash a character people like too badly, so he just doesn't get into it or give her more substantial "sins," but--it just makes him look extremely shallow and vindictive if you think about it too hard. I mean--sending a character to hell, basically, for lipstick?
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Re: Not anon, I just don't have a journal, Kat
Date: 2005-05-08 07:54 pm (UTC)JesusNarnia on her own and had a change of heart.I just can't BELIEVE that Lewis writes her off with some quick line about how she doesn't like to play Narnia anymore because she's more interested in boys and lipstick. I mean, I guess he's trying not to trash a character people like too badly, so he just doesn't get into it or give her more substantial "sins," but--it just makes him look extremely shallow and vindictive if you think about it too hard. I mean--sending a character to hell, basically, for lipstick?