![]() ![]() If anything, both become more clear as the story progresses, and they become more and more distinct from each other all the time. Good is good and evil is evil, and never the twain shall meet. How will he return to speak of what he has seen? How quickly will understanding dawn, and will it be in time enough? Lewis's arguments, as always, are well-reasoned, and he couches philosophy and theology in the guise of fiction. Most significant is his run-in with his teacher among the "Solid People", the author George MacDonald. The various souls he encounters discourse on topics ranging from free will to the very definition of love. Instead, he finds that the very grass will pierce his feet and that an apple weighs more than a boulder. He boards a bus only to discover that he has been in the Shadowlands all along as he and his fellow tourists disembark hours later, they are given a vision of Heaven, though it is not a tame country. ![]() So, at least, is the experience of the nameless protagonist of C.S. There are few activities more charged with the potential for peril (or adventure, apparently) than standing in line. ![]()
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