There were some funny parts, especially the ones involving Dwarfs. Which, of course, makes us princes and princesses, heirs and heiresses. But I can see this scenario repeated in small things and big things in the human experience and especially in the experience of a Christian – somebody who has taken God, the King of Kings, as their Father. Whether they symbolize the forces of evil or mean-spirited people in our own lives, it depends on every context. The journey narrative made me think of our own journey through life.Īnd then, why do we journey? A battle awaits at the end of a journey – a confrontation with envious, jealous people, who want to either kill us or take away our birthright. In fact, my six-year-old said she liked it better than The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We also listen to the radio theater version created by Focus on the Family and watch the BBC version from 1988. We read these books out loud – I read them to the kids – one chapter or two per day. Prince Caspian is the fourth volume in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. Lewis, Lord Digory, Plato for children, the chronicles of narnia, The Last Battle, why teach the classics Leave a comment Lewis, chronicles of narnia, classical homeschooling, homeschooling, Plato, the last battle, Tuesday Tome You put them in the presence of music (or Jesus) over and over and then music (or Jesus) works its (His) magic. You cannot force them to love music (or Jesus). Once literature speaks to them directly, they will reach for books again and again. For example, the kids laugh when a character says, “Hallo! What are we stopping for?” or “aii-aii-aouwee!” or “ow! ow! What d’you do that for!” They are beginning to take literature in and react and respond to different scenes and turns of phrases, the silly ones for now, but others later on, too, I am sure. One thing we have been doing more and more of is highlight humorous passages. Information overload is the story of a mother’s life. I have enough things to remember as it is. The children remembered more than I did, which is a good thing. It was good to recount who was who and who did what and when. We had to go back to the first volume to remember if the first king of Narnia, King Frank, was a policeman or a cabby (he was a cabby) because we had forgotten such details. The allegories to the Christian journey continued and culminated with the last scenes where all the characters come back. I don’t think it was my favorite, but it was definitely a great book to read. My daughter, who is six, says that The Last Battle is her favorite book in all The Chronicles of Narnia.
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