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The final chapter is Lewis's most transparent moment as a Christian apologist writing fiction — Aslan's instruction to find him 'by another name' dissolves the boundary between the fictional world and the reader's world, which is either the novel's highest achievement or its most problematic gesture
Read Chapter 15 of Prince Caspian and select a full paragraph — up to 6 sentences — from Aslan's farewell to Peter and Susan, or from the moment the children pass through the door and find themselves ...
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Narration Prompt
Give a concise summary, then identify the single most important sentence or moment and explain why it matters to the book as a whole.
Discussion Questions
- Aslan tells Peter and Susan to find him 'by another name' in their own world — Lewis's most explicit connection between his fiction and his Christian faith. Evaluate this moment as both a narrative strategy and a theological claim. Does it elevate the novel by connecting it to ultimate reality, or does it diminish it by reducing fiction to a delivery mechanism for doctrine?
- Aslan offers the Telmarines mercy rather than justice — a choice to stay or leave, with no punishment for their complicity in Miraz's regime. Evaluate whether Lewis's resolution constitutes genuine reconciliation or whether it evades the harder questions of transitional justice: accountability for specific crimes, reparation for generational harm, institutional reform.
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The moment of critical recognition or discovery in a narrative — when a character (or reader) sees the truth about their situation
Item 2
The anticipated arrival or return of a divine figure — originally the Greek term for Christ's second coming
Item 3
The study of symbolic prefiguration — the interpretation of earlier events or figures as foreshadowing later, more complete ones
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