So Manda was reading “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” to me and Stryder as we were driving to Charlotte to catch our flight on Saturday. If you’ve read the book, you will quickly recall Lucy’s first venture into the wardrobe and how she started to feel the prickly branches and the snow under her feet. A few minutes later she comes to the lamppost. It is at this point that C.S. Lewis says that Lucy wonders why there is a lamppost in the middle of a forest.
I’ve never realized it in my previous readings of the book, but why is this the first mention of Lucy’s wondering something after she enters the wardrobe? Surely she wondered as she felt snow under her feet and branches brushing her face instead of jackets.
I don’t know if this was an intentional delay of wonderment on Lewis’ part or not. Perhaps the lamppost has such important significance, that the thought of a wardrobe containing another world pales in comparison. Maybe not. Maybe I’m just reading too far into something that is not that deep.
