Images of Faith and Discipleship in C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia (6)
Prince Caspian: Faith’s Vision Grows It is Lucy, the youngest of the four Pevensie children called into Narnia, who is Lewis’ model for faith in the first two stories of the series. In Prince Caspian a beautiful scene makes this clear. The children and the dwarf Trumpkin are making their way to the embattled Prince Caspian. One morning they faced the choice of which way to go. One way seems preferable to the other, save that Lucy catches a glimpse of Aslan, the great Lion, who takes off down the less preferable path. He obviously intends the group to follow him. The others, however, not having seen the Lion themselves, vote down Lucy. She acquiesces and follows them on the seemingly more preferable path. This turns into a disaster. The group is ambushed and ends up having to retrace their steps. They end up battered, bruised, and depressed, back at the place where they had started from. The day was wasted! That night Lucy drops