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People need to encourage their kids to read more. This is ridiculous. Whether you're a fan or not, by the time you're a teenager you should have at least heard of the Narnia books. Check my signature for the quote:
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People need to encourage their kids to read more. This is ridiculous. Whether you're a fan or not, by the time you're a teenager you should have at least heard of the Narnia books.
G01 said:Whether your a fan of C.S. Lewis or not, you have to admit that the quote that is now my signature has to be one of the biggest insults to 20th century literature that has ever been uttered. People need to encourage their kids to read more. This is ridiculous. Whether you're a fan or not, by the time you're a teenager you should have at least heard of the Narnia books.
Similar here. I didn't read all of Dostoevsky, but I did read 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', and 'The Brothers Karamazov' as a teenager and never heard of Narnia until I was in my 50s when the movie came out. I can't say if Lewis' writing is trash though as I have not read any of his books.ice109 said:i hadn't heard of any of c.s. lewis's trash by the time i was a teenager but i had read all of dostoevsky's books
arunma said:Well, on the surface it does look pretty bad, but give the kid some credit. Maybe he's just not well-versed in Lewis and other authors of that genre. When I was a kid I read a lot, but almost every book I read was about physics, biology, or astronomy. In retrospect I wish I'd read C.S. Lewis (the upside is that I get to read all his books for the first time...when I get arund to it). But to be fair, I as a highly literate ten year old would have had no idea who C.S. Lewis is.
siddharth said:Why? I don't think there's anything really special about the Narnia books. I didn't like the Narnia books when I read it. Loved the Dark Materials trilogy though.
jimmysnyder said:Similar here. I didn't read all of Dostoevsky, but I did read 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', and 'The Brothers Karamazov' as a teenager and never heard of Narnia until I was in my 50s when the movie came out. I can't say if Lewis' writing is trash though as I have not read any of his books.
G01 said:O.K. This is a good point, but still. Who assumes that the book's are made from movies? Or that they are written together? Does that ever happen? As far as I see it, this kid should at least have the common sense to see that the book is usually made before the movie.
G01 said:I think Lewis is a good writer, but his books are definitely Christian allegory. So, if that bothers you, you may not enjoy the books. When I did read the books, I didn't think the allegory would be something children could pick up on. I think I didn't see the allegory until I reread them as an adult.
Moridin said:Thank goodness for His Dark Materials, no propaganda there, except analogies and symbolism with the Magisterium, the rejection of religion by the characters and the killing of the The Authority's Regent, and the Authority himself.
arunma said:Well, I'm not sure about that. I'd say that this series of books is essentially atheist propaganda. Of course now we're getting into the issue of whether we should be using the term "propaganda" in the perjorative sense of the word. Is there really anything wrong with propagating one's worldview by means of allegory?
I loved the story but did not know it was an allegory until adulthood. Big deal. So is The Matrix.Evo said:"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" was one of my favorite books as a child. And you're right G01, it's just a story to a child, unless they are intentionally told there is some hidden meaning, they aren't going to think of it as anything more than a story.
DaveC426913 said:I loved the story but did not know it was an allegory until adulthood. Big deal. So is The Matrix.
arunma said:Yeah...except the Matrix had to have crappy sequels.
Evo said:"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" was one of my favorite books as a child. And you're right G01, it's just a story to a child, unless they are intentionally told there is some hidden meaning, they aren't going to think of it as anything more than a story.
What does this mean?Oerg said:... i was forced to go through a literary text for literature.
DaveC426913 said:What does this mean?
Zantra said:It troubles me that so many people nowadays are "bored" with reading... I'm sure some may disagree, but I think reading forces us to think instead of handing us our thoughts on a screen or a monitor.
Books are the doors of the mind. But enough about my soapbox...
Zantra said:It troubles me that so many people nowadays are "bored" with reading... I'm sure some may disagree, but I think reading forces us to think instead of handing us our thoughts on a screen or a monitor.
Books are the doors of the mind. But enough about my soapbox...