Lewis had in mind, but I do think his faithful readers know he was a careful teacher, profoundly concerned with the interior life of his readers. So what is the point? Well, far be it from me to know exactly what C.S. “They’re all missing the point!” I thought. Perhaps the most pointed (and dramatic) was a short story called The Problem of Susan by Neil Gaiman, in which the author imagines her as a grown-up with all sorts of psychological problems. In my hunt to learn more, I was somewhat dismayed to find so much criticism of C.S. She is “left out,” so to speak, of their glorious ending, and I was worried about how to handle that with my sons. As you’ll see from the story summary below, her path does not follow that of her siblings or any of the other friends of Narnia. Though I had read it more than once as an adult, I was still searching for something new about Susan. Lewis with my five- and six-year-old sons, I spent some time reviewing the storyline.
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