i love that c.s. lewis decided to start a book just like "alright listen up, there's this kid named eustace and he fucking sucks"
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who out here thinking about this proZD classic every time they hear or say “fucking sucks”
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this is just gonna be the dawn treader thread now. i was struck reading this by the implication that lewis expects his readers to be imagining the ship in enough detail to be confused about the direction of the wind. which... i don't think i ever imagine things that much
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little details like this too that lewis pays a lot of attention to - eustace sucked before and now he sucks less and it's *changed the quality of his laughter*
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another bit that strikes me. a magical *smell*. nobody will describe it. heartbreaking but not sad. implying the narrator interviewed lucy
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imo he was doing 2 things:
1. sneakily implies the reader is smart enough to pay attention to the differences in wind vs steamships—really this puzzles the reader, demands attention
2. now he has attention, engages the reader's smell to *fully visualise* the boat
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It’s understandable. I mean Hollywood doesn’t know ships or how they work or what people did on them.
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Nah he’s just gently guiding the reader to note this clever detail he thought of, without coming out and saying “I wrote it this way because I know how sailing works.”
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