So can I share something really cool that you guys are doing?
You guys were talking a lot about Edmund, right?
And some decisions the author was making about him. And something cool that you were thinking is like whether you
agree or disagree with what the author is doing.
So you were saying, "Oh we don't think that Edmund should have been accepted back."  You kind of are disagreeing with the author.
So sometimes in books that happens. The author does something and we're like, "What are they doing?"
So when that happens, something you can do is you can kind of ask yourself, "Why is the author choosing to make this decision?"
And then you can say, "Are they trying to teach me something? Is there some bigger message or lesson here?"
So let me give you an example. In Harry Potter...
Okay
So in Harry Potter...
...towards the end of the series or the movies one of the main characters, Dumbledore, he dies.
When that happened I was devastated.
I was so upset with JK Rowling, that's the author...
...as to why she would do this. Like why would she choose to kill off Dumbledore?
And so I had to kind of stop and ask myself, "Hmmm, why is she doing this?"
"What is she trying to teach us?" And so after thinking about it...
...I realized that I thought maybe she was trying to teach us that like in order sometimes...
...for good things to happen you have to sacrifice yourself. Like Dumbledore had to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
He had to sacrifice himself so then eventually Harry Potter could kill Voldermort.
And if I hadn't happened in the book, all of those other things might not have happened.
True,  but I think in the end  that was an important thing to show us. Like the message that JK Rowling was trying to say was...
...you have to sometimes sacrifice yourself for the greater good.
So right now I want you guys to think. You are upset with some of the decisions that CS Lewis made about Edmund.
So I want you as a group to kind of stop and say, "Hmmm..."
"I wonder why the author made this decision?" And then ask yourself, "Are they trying to teach us something bigger here, like a bigger message?"
I think that they're trying to show us that...
...if someone's bad, always have faith in them that they can be good.  Like Edmund does...did.
He had faith in the White Witch and he thought she was good but she ended up not being good.
Yeah...based on that, when you shared earlier, I was thinking that the theme could be, like, teamwork.
Or, like, love because he went back because he knew that the White Witch had no good in her heart.
And he came back because he knew that his family was on the right side.
I think, when he realized his mistakes, like Eliza said in the other one, the conversation...
I think he did realize his mistakes and...
...he noticed the White Witch was doing bad stuff and...
...and he went back to them and when he realized his mistakes he came back to Susan and Peter and finally fought the White Witch.
And what happened...what did Susan and Peter do when he came back to them?
They forgave him.
So what do you think that that teaches us?  What do you think that CS Lewis was trying to tell us there?
To always forgive someone. Give them a second chance.
Yeah.
Maybe, right? But It's important to forgive.
I think, I think it was, "Everybody makes mistakes."
...because he made a mistake, thinking that the White Witch was good.
I'd kind of want to change my idea because I said he thought she had good but I think he was kind of being selfish for the Turkish Delight
But then he figured out she was evil. And she might have not been nice to him.
Yeah, in the beginning he thought that she was (inaudible) and then he was kind of doubting..
...and he was doing it just for the Turkish Delight.
So you guys just did it right there.  You thought "hmm, I'm upset at what CS Lewis is saying about Edmund.
They're just allowing him back. But then you thought yourself like, "Why might he be doing this?"
And maybe it was because he was trying to teach us that...
Second chances are important or that we have to forgive or love.
Even if people make some big mistakes. That's okay.
Also sacrifices, because..
Aslan sacrificed himself for Edmund or was it Peter?
It was for Edmund.
That's so cool because you guys are thinking about like the bigger messages and themes.
There is a connection to Dumbledore and Asland.
So anytime you're reading or at the end of a book, especially when they're really trying to think about...
"What is the author's trying to teach us?" Kind of do that. Think about like "Hmm?
"What decisions maybe did the author make and why did they make those? What are they trying to teach me?"
