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The Horse and His Boy Broke the Lore

Dominic Noble

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Join me on a deep dive into the 5th book in The Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and see how this author went about incorporating the middle east into his fantasy world.

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20 Comments

@ruthiegwm 3 years ago

Don't forgot one of the best quotes in the book: "In Calormen, story-telling is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are taught essay-writing. The difference is that people want to hear the stories, whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the essays."

@JoshuaDHSW 3 years ago

I honestly didn’t remember much about this Narnia book (even though I read all of them). However, I have always remembered the ending, where Shaster was like “Oh no, I’m sorry I’m taking your throne!” And Corin was like “dude, that’s awesome! Being King is lame! I’d rather just be prince fightsalot”

@JulianGreystoke 3 years ago

I laughed way too hard at "quiet, human! Horses are talking"
As a horse owner that was too real 😂

@CaptainPeregrin 3 years ago

The Horse and His Boy was heavily inspired by the Book of Esther in the Bible, which is notable for never explicitly mentioning God. It's basically a story about how "ordinary people" perceive Aslan. It is also notable as a step-up for Lewis' portrayal of females (I'm counting Hwin here) as actual characters with interesting development. It's a shame that none of the movies have ever incorporated elements of Susan's characterization in this book when depicting her in other stories (mainly Prince Caspian).

@LORDOFDORKNESS42 3 years ago

Honestly, it hasn't aged well, but I still have a soft spot for A Horse & His Boy for letting the 'cute magic animal companion' be the clear boss of the duo. The one that calls all the important shots, and using the human as basically a piece of saddle camouflage.
Even all these years later, that dynamic is really unique and fun, and I wish it got copied more often!

@alenazwiep2996 3 years ago

Strangely, the only parts of this book I really remembered were 1) where Asian is herding them, and they say it’s either two lions or one very fast lion, and 2) at the end where it says they got married to argue and make up more comfortably.
I don’t know why, but 8-yr-old me thought the marriage line was hilarious, and it’s always stuck with me

@GromboCombo 3 years ago

The horse and his boy was a very stand alone tale, which made it pretty interesting.

@TheLadySilverMoon 3 years ago (edited)

I've always liked A Horse and his boy, mainly because it takes place while the Pevensie siblings are adults in Narnia, I wish we had more stories of them while they ruled Narnia.

@benwasserman8223 3 years ago

I’ll just say this, it’s always weird seeing Peter and Susan talk in Shakespearian vernacular during their royalty phase. Like were they taught to speak that way, or did it happen naturally?

@billuraral1870 3 years ago

Highlight of the book: Corin (age, I dunno, 11?) slaying bunch of enemies at battle seconds in it started, keeps being super chill about his long lost twin after everything settled and pulling a reverse Game of Thrones and celebrates he'll never be king and can have all the fun as the prince forever.
Prince Corin is the Florida Man of Narnia

@Elanel 3 years ago

The impression I got with Susan was that some of the characters looked down on her social life, but that wasn't why she didn't return to Narnia, it was because she didn't believe in it anymore. That she rejected Narnia rather than the other way around. C.S.Lewis also said something like Susan found her way back to Narnia, he just didn't write that book because it would be too adult (her grieving her siblings, etc)

@kitsunebaxter6311 3 years ago

“Definitely sounds like a Pokémon name”
Thanks Dom, I literally only heard that name as Rapidash after you said that.
It’s even a horse…

@TwinRiver100 3 years ago

13:58
it wasn't Arravis that offered herself up it was Hwin. It was mainly becasue Aslan had popped in and it looked liked he was about to eat them and do lion things. So she was scared and offering to offer herself up as a distraction to give Bree and Aravis a chance to escape. At the same time as seeing Aslan but not knowing it was him offered herself up as snack while being scared and in awe at the same time.

@AzrealWings 3 years ago

I will always stand by that Susan was denied "heaven" because she stopped believing and not because of boys, nylons, or lipsticks. I always wondered what would have happened if she still believed and showed up as a fierce fashionista in the end

@ariellakahan-harth8831 3 years ago

Dom as a stoned Narnian rabbit is everything.

@lorewalkermaohao 3 years ago

Correction: Calormen are of Earthen descent. They came from Archenland, which themselves were descendants of the two humans that remained in Narnia from the first chronological book.

@cam4636 3 years ago

14:12 No, no, Corin becomes famous for bare-knuckle boxing a bear. His major character trait is how much he punches everyone.
This was my favorite book as a kid, then I tried to re-read it as an adult...yeahhh, the racism is a LOT. I think the reason I liked it so much as a kid was because it expanded the world and presented just relatively normal people who lived in it (I mean, one's a secret prince, but like, they grew up in the world and consider most of what's going on to be normal).

@blooddragon805 3 years ago (edited)

I’m loving the fact that this was a lot of people’s favourite book ! It kind of makes sense, it’s a very interesting dynamic and the fact that Shasta was perpetually lost and confused was super relatable

But two things because I’m annoying :
Corin, not Cor becomes famous for beating a bear, since the whole « I’m gonna fight and punch absolutely everyone » was his thing throughout the book
And it’s Hwen who says to Aslan : « you know what, I’m totally down for you eating me », not Aravis

@projectbelmont7177 3 years ago

This one was my favorite back when I read them in Elementary school, although
I'm not really sure why. I think I appreciated that this was the only one that took place purely in Narnia without any real world interference (yes, the Pevensies appear in this book, but if you didn't read the other books you wouldn't know that they're from our world, and the fact that they are is rather inconsequential).

@Matheus-ql7mn 3 years ago

"The horse and his boy" was my first Narnia book and it has a special place in my heart. It was a simple story with likeable characters and with a better view at the world. Why it's so contained in itself it makes a pretty good real alone story.