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The Far from Narnia Pullman – outspoken atheist Lewis argued stories could provide us truth that facts could Lewis felt the reason scripture had weight was because it was a true story Pullman- stories don’t have to be true for it to tell us something important and true Fantasy enchanting the real world Pullman- his dark materials inspired by paradise lost Lewis and Augustin see the fall as a bad thing and say we need to fix this There is nothing to fix. This how things are people grow up Pullman’s grandfather never knew he was an atheist Pullman even as an atheist identifies strongly with the Church of England Pullman- funeral memorial service for his stepfather They had his stepfathers ashes put in fireworks and drank whiskey Pullman argues that neither Lewis nor Tolkien gets how we age correctly Tolkien is not interested in how adults act with each other
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Unformatted text preview:Pullman argues that Lewis and Tolkien are mourning the fall Growing up is in of itself a kind of fall, it's a break in what life was like before Falling is a necessary part of life The lesson we should take of the fall Coming to have knowledge and the fall should be celebrated Pullman thinks instead of looking as eve being who ruined everything, we look at her as the good guy The person who had courage to try a new thing Story is more than plot- it is atmosphere, theme, communicating something larger and truer than itself Pullman cares how the story happens too Pullman thinks that stories are inherently powerful and that they have a mind of their own Pullman- story matters because it roots us, it connects us to this world Pullman's letter- Pullman wants to be remembered as a storyteller