This was a great chapter--I loved Eustace's letter, and Jill's interactions with her fellow Narnians, and with the Archenlanders.
I can certainly understand Jill's frustration (which the on-edginess of being back in civilization and having to interact politely with Calormenes certainly isn't helping), and I liked getting her perspective on Susan. The Pevensies are distant, not only from themselves but also from their own people (Lucy being the real exception there), and of course it's impossible to know why they're there, and frustrating to not understand why they're there. Jill and Susan have both ostensibly been sent by Aslan, but their experiences are so different throughout, they might as well not both be Friends of Narnia--which the Rilian allusions make very clear.
In conclusion, I also enjoyed Jill realizing how Narnian she is after leaving Narnia, and the perspective on Archenland, and the small royals giving Jill perspective (and also her clothes, and her being sarcastic to that knight).
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Date: 2011-12-30 05:44 am (UTC)I can certainly understand Jill's frustration (which the on-edginess of being back in civilization and having to interact politely with Calormenes certainly isn't helping), and I liked getting her perspective on Susan. The Pevensies are distant, not only from themselves but also from their own people (Lucy being the real exception there), and of course it's impossible to know why they're there, and frustrating to not understand why they're there. Jill and Susan have both ostensibly been sent by Aslan, but their experiences are so different throughout, they might as well not both be Friends of Narnia--which the Rilian allusions make very clear.
In conclusion, I also enjoyed Jill realizing how Narnian she is after leaving Narnia, and the perspective on Archenland, and the small royals giving Jill perspective (and also her clothes, and her being sarcastic to that knight).