The Magician's Nephew Spoilers

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In this book, two kids named Digory and Polly use magic rings to travel
from Earth, to the Wood Between The Worlds, and then to Charn, where
Digory foolishly rings a bell that wakes up the evil witch Queen Jadis.

In Chapter 5 (The Deplorable Word), page 40 of large paperback, Jadis
turns some palace doors into dust. On pages 41-42, Jadis describes how
she used a Deplorable Word to kill everyone on her planet but herself,
as an absolute last resort. Jadis had refrained from using that Word
until rebels led by her sister had annihilated her army and marched up
the palace steps. Her rebel sister was right in her face before she
uttered the Word! Why didn't Jadis simply use her "dusting" spell to
turn her sister and the other rebels into dust? (or perhaps turn the
ground underneath the rebels into dust, or make buildings collapse on
the rebels).

PP 75-76: Digory's uncle Andrew didn't like the sound of the creation
song the lion Aslan was singing, so when he saw that the singer was a
lion, he made himself believe that it was just roaring. He therefore
made himself incapable of hearing the speech of Aslan or any other
Talking Animal as anything but animal noises. No Talking Animal could
understand Andrew either! However, if Aslan had gone out of Andrew's
sight, assumed the form of an English gentleman, then walked up to
Andrew, would Andrew have then been able to understand Aslan? After
all, Andrew would be expecting an English gentleman to speak English!

Page 96: Digory plants an apple from a magic tree. PP 99-100: The apple
has sprouted into a tree that Aslan explains will protect Narnia from
Jadis for centuries. Jadis can't get near the tree because its odor is
repellent to her (since she had eaten an apple from its parent after
having stolen it). Why doesn't Aslan direct the Narnians to (from time
to time) plant seeds from the Narnian tree to grow new trees that would
continue to protect Narnia when the old tree died?

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:13:50 -0800, Tim Bruening
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>In this book, two kids named Digory and Polly use magic rings to travel
>from Earth, to the Wood Between The Worlds, and then to Charn, where
>Digory foolishly rings a bell that wakes up the evil witch Queen Jadis.
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>In Chapter 5 (The Deplorable Word), page 40 of large paperback, Jadis
>turns some palace doors into dust. On pages 41-42, Jadis describes how
>she used a Deplorable Word to kill everyone on her planet but herself,
>as an absolute last resort. Jadis had refrained from using that Word
>until rebels led by her sister had annihilated her army and marched up
>the palace steps. Her rebel sister was right in her face before she
>uttered the Word! Why didn't Jadis simply use her "dusting" spell to
>turn her sister and the other rebels into dust?

Did Jadis say that the Word in question could be used in a restricted
manner?


(or perhaps turn the
>ground underneath the rebels into dust, or make buildings collapse on
>the rebels).
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>PP 75-76: Digory's uncle Andrew didn't like the sound of the creation
>song the lion Aslan was singing, so when he saw that the singer was a
>lion, he made himself believe that it was just roaring. He therefore
>made himself incapable of hearing the speech of Aslan or any other
>Talking Animal as anything but animal noises. No Talking Animal could
>understand Andrew either! However, if Aslan had gone out of Andrew's
>sight, assumed the form of an English gentleman, then walked up to
>Andrew, would Andrew have then been able to understand Aslan? After
>all, Andrew would be expecting an English gentleman to speak English!

English gentlemen didn't look all the different from French gentlemen


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>Page 96: Digory plants an apple from a magic tree. PP 99-100: The apple
>has sprouted into a tree that Aslan explains will protect Narnia from
>Jadis for centuries. Jadis can't get near the tree because its odor is
>repellent to her (since she had eaten an apple from its parent after
>having stolen it). Why doesn't Aslan direct the Narnians to (from time
>to time) plant seeds from the Narnian tree to grow new trees that would
>continue to protect Narnia when the old tree died?

What, is he supposed to do their thinking for them?