Earlier today I was thinking about other Narnian moments and I remembered a passage from Prince Caspian that kind of bugged me. The four children are with the dwarf Trumpkin trying to decide whether to go up the gorge or down. Meanwhile, Lucy spots Aslan in the distance indicating that he wants them to climb up the gorge. She excitedly tells the others that she saw Aslan and nobody believes her. They take a vote and everyone votes to go down the gorge except Edmund and Lucy. Edmund sides with Lucy because he thinks that they owe it to her to believe her this time. Peter and Susan once again question Lucy's judgment and overrule her. How could they not believe her when she has been right before?
posted by Gena at 5:39 PM
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This is a strange moment. Logic would suggest that knowing Lucy doesn't lie would give them the trust in her to believe her all the time. Susan and Peter couldn't have forgotten about how they had thought Lucy lied about Narnia in Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe and had been wrong.
Of course, it may simply be the case that since no one else saw Aslan they figured it was a figment of her imagination. But it is interesting that you wrote that Edmund agreed with Lucy but because he thought they owed it to her. While I'm sure he also believed her, it seems Edmund has no trouble remembering how he used to be wrong about Lucy lying.
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