Quotes and Connections
Posted: Jun 30, 2014 1:04 pm
Have you ever read something by Lewis and thought "That explains why he wrote that in the Chronicles?" Well, this is the thread to discuss that. Please include an exact quote by Lewis with the reference and explain what in the Chronicles it reminds you of and why.
This is from a letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 22 February 1954. I think this might show why Lewis makes a point of having Eustace cry in SC and makes it clear that he was crying like an adult / not trying to hide it. Jill's need to cry is validated in LB when Tirian doesn't tell her not to cry but tells her not to get her bow string wet. Aslan cries as well.(By the way, don’t ‘weep inwardly’ and get a sore throat. If you must weep, weep: a good honest howl! I suspect we—and especially, my sex—don’t cry enough nowadays. Aeneas and Hector and Beowulf and Roland and Lancelot blubbered like school-girls, so why shouldn’t we?)