Absence of the two older children

The 2 older children were not allowed to come back to Narnia, they grew too old to go back.

Checkov? Well, this here's McCoy. We find a Spock, we got us an away team.

I havn't read the books but saw a synopsis of who's in which books and how much. From what I gather Lewis' series doesn't just focus on one group of people , but has several characters spread out among the books. It's not like Harry Potter where the main 3 children are present at every turn.

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There's never really a reason given except to say that at a certain point you get "too old" to come back to Narnia.

It does have certain mythical overtones like other children's stories. It's reminiscent of Never Land. Was Lewis saying Narnia was more for children from our world?

I wonder if perhaps it is due to the fact that Narnia's time passes differently from our own, and that constant travel between the worlds isn't safe. Besides, Susan and Peter had already lived for decades in Narnia before they ever returned as kids, so they've spent more than enough time there. Then they return to our world and only a few minutes have passed. I think that sort of thing would begin to wear hard on our molecules. So in general, people from our world only travel to Narnia for a short while, and are only allowed a few trips. The only exception being two people who stayed there at the end of Magician's Nephew.

And no, Narnia is not "heaven". In the books, that would be Aslan's Country, which is a separate place far across the sea.

-TK

"I've always admired atheists; I think it takes a lot of faith." -Dr. Joel Fleischman

Actually, Aslan does make it clear in the books--he says that as they get older, they will begin to forget Narnia, and the magic will no longer work.

What's wonderful about the actual books is that it doesn't hold completely true for all of them. Peter and the Professor actually get to have another experience, and they never forget, although they do grow up. Susan, on the other hand, becomes a "true" grownup, one who comes to think Narnia was nothing more than a game they played as children.

All of that is part of the metaphor of faith. Lewis is never saying that your faith becomes less as you age, but that it changes, and rightfully so. You can never re-enter the kind of fantasy land of your youth again, even if you are able to hold on to some of the memory of magic as you get older. And it tracks with something attributed to Jesus about becoming like a little child (more metaphor).

The 2nd and 3rd movies are a little disappointing to readers of the books in that they change the story too much (and unnecessarily), but I think that aspect of the stories remains intact.

It's stated in the books that as the children get older they have to get to know Aslan in their world, Earth. Subtext being they have to get to know Jesus rather than the Aslan version of Jesus.


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I had read the books, so I knew it was coming, but I liked that Susan and Peter at least had cameos, and that Anna Popplewell even briefly played Lucy.

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