Chapter 1
@Aj: Wow, I'd quite forgotten about some of those character details, especially Peter! Thanks for laying those out!
Something I'd add to that is that the kids (Peter especially) seem to be almost treating this like a vacation. If it weren't for the opening sentences talking about the war, you might think they were staying with a relative in the country for the summer. There's not a word about the war or even of homesickness (unless one were to interpret Ed's bedtime remark as that, but my impression is that he's just being surly).
Digory also seems pretty cool with just seeing the kids at meals and letting them have the run of the place. Was it a cultural norm to be distant from kid guests (especially when their parents are not present)? Was he too busy to spend much time getting to know them, or not particularly comfortable with people much younger than himself? Did he want to simply build enough rapport that they'd come to him if they needed without making them feel obligated to keep him company? Did he figure his staff would watch them? (Though children back then weren't as extensively supervised as they are today.) Did he remember enjoying unsupervised days in the country as a kid and therefore left the kids to do the same? (I think at least a couple of my questions could be rather decently answered, based on what we know of him as both a child and an adult, but maybe not all.)
(Also, can I just say how jealous I am of the chance those kids had to wander rooms full of books?!)
Chapter 2
It's... seriously scary how fast Tumnus charms Lucy into coming to his home. Not unrealistic, unfortunately (too many examples of this sort of thing in real life).
I'm sure it's been a discussion point before, but from where does Tumnus pull all these stories of pre-Jadis Narnia? My impression of him here is that he's a younger adult (with roughly the lifespan of an ordinary human, especially since he's described as "middle-aged" at the end of the book), but if that is the case, is he just drawing on stories he's heard and his books?
Nymphs and Their Ways would cover the water-spirits if not more,
The Life and Letters of Silenus (funny, that, since it would appear that he's immortal) would naturally fill in stories of Silenus and Bacchus (quick Google search says Silenus is Bacchus' companion and tutor), and
A Study in Popular Legend could have absolutely anything. Or if we go with the Walden interpretation and he was born more than 100 years ago, these could be memories.
Completely switching lines of thoughts on these books, it strikes me as interesting that Jadis hasn't censored one or two.
Nymphs sounds harmless enough,
Is Man a Myth? could either be dangerous reading or else very useful for one tasked with keeping an eye out for one to kidnap, but what about
Silenus? Considering that Lewis puts Silenus in a clean, favourable, on-Aslan's-side light, we can probably assume that the wisdom of Silenus is supposed to be at least decent stuff (I looked at his philosophy on the wikipedia page... not very Narnian), so why would Jadis allow this book to remain in the possession of her follower and/or anyone at all?
Lucy is such a dear. She goes from being frightened to immediately switching tracks and wishing Tumnus would emerge from his sudden fit of despair.
Now, Tumnus. He seems to have changed his tune (heh) on a dime. One moment, he's playing something worth dancing and laughing over (as well as crying and falling asleep to) with the full intention of selling her out; the next, he's bawling hysterically with remorse. At what point did he begin to feel the weight of what he was going to do? Did he dutifully play till Lucy interrupted him and weakened his resolve? Did he enchant himself with his own music only for Lucy to break the spell?
I'm not sure I ever thought before about the weight behind Lucy's announcement of, "I'm here. I'm here. I've come back, I'm all right." Not only has she merely been missing for hours and hours (from her perspective), but she was very nearly kidnapped, never to be seen again. Mind, she doesn't seem to think too much about the kidnapping bit (goodness, does she ever even bring up that part of the story?! I don't remember her ever saying aught of Tumnus but good!), so maybe I'm just reading that extra level of relief into it for her.
I'm going to try making a graphic set per day like I had with MN a couple years ago, but we'll see how that goes....
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