[UA] Parables, Archetypes and the yellow brick road

[Ryan Fitch-Davis]

Well.. it is... in a particularly Church of England sort of way.
(Tea and cake or death?)

It's a essentially an allegory on World War Two as seen from the Island 
Empire subsequently steeped in Christianity.

It is of historical note that the popularity of LotR in the US came only 
after the assasination/ascention of America's last (ang IMHO only) True 
King (JFK).

Nick Wedig wrote:

[other people's stuff cut]
> But Dracula is completely open about beings about vampires.  Everyone knows it, it's got a vampire on the cover and everyone's seen the movies.  But Narnia doesn't tell you "I'm a parable for Christianity" but rather gives you a nice fantasy world much like the Oz books or the Lord of the Rings, and a little kid doesn't expect or typically find out it's a religious parable until later.  (and don't bother suggesting the Lord of the Rings is some big metap[hor, it's just an example and could be replaced by fricking Harry Potter).
> 
> ObUA: um... so that's Aslan's some sort of True King, eh?
> 
> Mr. Teapot
> struggling back on topic, failing



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