Chapter 3
1. Susan and Edmund are critical and quickly judge Lucy for her story. Peter gives her the benefit of the doubt, and seeks out counsel before condemning her.
2. There is an antithesis, an opposition, between those who’ve been to Narnia and those who haven’t, and don’t believe it’s there. Peter and Susan belittle Lucy without meaning to; Edmund does it intentionally. Most unbelievers benignly pity Christians; some are spiteful and harsh. Lucy is truthful. She won’t deny what happened just to get along with others. This makes life hard for her, producing lots of personal friction between her and them.
3. That it is silly to shut oneself in a wardrobe is repeated so much, there must be something behind it – or maybe just literary device – I don’t know. Could be a subtle thing saying we shouldn’t get trapped in fantasy worlds; there’s a real world to live and work in, too. Just a guess. Edmund does shut the door the first time he goes in; Lu was always careful not to. Maybe this just tips us off to the relative wisdom of each.
4. Edmund’s first reaction to the new world is fear. Lu’s had been wonder.
5. The witch rides a sleigh pulled by reindeer and a dwarf. Santa Claus, anyone? (Ha!) Apparently, she is patrolling the western frontier of Narnia, after having caught Tumnus and learned of Lucy.
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