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And again, that is the point. He learned from his mistake, mended his ways, and was able to influence others for good. What a story this is!
Yes, he (and Lucy) are the more complex characters in the book, and their struggles with right/wrong I think are more powerful than Peter's mock heroics. The story of Edmund's seduction also made me first try Turkish Delight (I remember thinking 'what is this amazing thing, that you would betray everything for?). Still a big fan of Turkish Delight. Less so selling yourself for a bite.
Liz wrote: "I again say Edmund is one of my favorites. We all sin. He turned around and got back on the right track. And Aslan (who is Jesus) forgave him"
:)
And lol, Marc xD
Edmund at one point may have seemed like that. But as many have noted, he did change. He had a life altering experience in his life with Aslan taking his place on the stone table. I don't think anyone could come away unchanged from such an experience.
Especially when Aslan came back to life, and Aslan talked about it with him, and Alsan also told his siblings not to talk about it to him as what was done was done and it would only make him feel worse.
But I think that many kids who were trying to come to terms with the loss of a parent that they were close to, a war and uncertainty, having to go and stay with people they don't know to hopefully be safer, and leaving their mother behind and not knowing if they would ever see her again ... they might all have a bit of a time of it coming to terms with it all. And it was obvious that Edmund felt very deeply the loss of their father (going back for the picture of father during the bombing) and hadn't come to terms with that loss. Yes, he was a foolish and somewhat vindictive child toward his siblings initially, and he might have been much better off if he had gone to Narnia WITH Lucy rather than on his own and finding the White Witch first...things were somewhat stacked against him for sure. And of course, he brought that on himself, but the whole situation was not of his making exactly either despite his very foolish and prideful way of dealing with it when he finally was told about the White Witch...but by then the Turkish Delight/addiction had a big hold on him.
The books were so deep! C. S. Lewis was a genius.
I read these books to my children many times. Later they bought them and did the same thing with their own children. All of us are avid readers and in many ways, C. S. Lewis and Worldbook's Childcraft series were responsible for that.
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And again, that is the point. He learned from his mistake, mended his ways, and was able to influence others for good. What a story this is!
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Yes, he (and Lucy) are the more complex characters in the book, and their struggles with right/wrong I think are more powerful than Peter's mock heroics. The story of Edmund's seduction also made me first try Turkish Delight (I remember thinking 'what is this amazing thing, that you would betray everything for?). Still a big fan of Turkish Delight. Less so selling yourself for a bite.
I again say Edmund is one of my favorites. We all sin. He turned around and got back on the right track. And Aslan (who is Jesus) forgave him
Liz wrote: "I again say Edmund is one of my favorites. We all sin. He turned around and got back on the right track. And Aslan (who is Jesus) forgave him":)
And lol, Marc xD
Edmund at one point may have seemed like that. But as many have noted, he did change. He had a life altering experience in his life with Aslan taking his place on the stone table. I don't think anyone could come away unchanged from such an experience.Especially when Aslan came back to life, and Aslan talked about it with him, and Alsan also told his siblings not to talk about it to him as what was done was done and it would only make him feel worse.
But I think that many kids who were trying to come to terms with the loss of a parent that they were close to, a war and uncertainty, having to go and stay with people they don't know to hopefully be safer, and leaving their mother behind and not knowing if they would ever see her again ... they might all have a bit of a time of it coming to terms with it all. And it was obvious that Edmund felt very deeply the loss of their father (going back for the picture of father during the bombing) and hadn't come to terms with that loss. Yes, he was a foolish and somewhat vindictive child toward his siblings initially, and he might have been much better off if he had gone to Narnia WITH Lucy rather than on his own and finding the White Witch first...things were somewhat stacked against him for sure. And of course, he brought that on himself, but the whole situation was not of his making exactly either despite his very foolish and prideful way of dealing with it when he finally was told about the White Witch...but by then the Turkish Delight/addiction had a big hold on him.
The books were so deep! C. S. Lewis was a genius.
I read these books to my children many times. Later they bought them and did the same thing with their own children. All of us are avid readers and in many ways, C. S. Lewis and Worldbook's Childcraft series were responsible for that.
