The Fall of Susan

A re-do of an old picture of mine, you can see the old version here: [link]
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"My sister Susan," answered Peter shortly and gravely, "is no longer a friend of Narnia."-The Last Battle

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"And the other thing that I can't stomach is the exclusion of the girl Susan from whatever it is that the stable represents--salvation, I presume--at the end of the story, because she's growing up. Because she's become too interested in, what's the phrase? invitations and nylons or something...lipstick and invitations and nylons-- in other words, she, like any teenager of either sex, is discovering that her body is changing, discovering the effect that her body has on others, becoming sexually aware.

And this is so terrifying, so horrifying for C.S. Lewis, that he denies her -- he shuts her out. "My sister is no longer a friend to Narnia," says one of the children. It would be tragic if it weren't so absurd. So those are the things I dislike about the Narnia books. I was trying in my story to show what a wonderful place the world is and how great it is that we have senses and nerves and emotions and so on."-Philip Pullman

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