A lovely answer, thank you. Do you come here and usually don't sign in? Is there some initial or pseudo by which you normally self-identify? (There are several H's here and several L's, for instance). And if this is your first time, thank you even more.

I especially appreciate this as I am stinging a bit over something I got about the chapter, so meh. Eustace's skepticism took me by surprise. I can see how Eustace's skepticism and anger about the deity he does know translate into outright disbelief of the deity he does not know. There is a difference -- as pointed out, he's never going to pull a "don't believe in Narnia." But maybe he does develop a more challenging relationship with Aslan -- I don't think this is a bad thing, by the way and I suppose it becomes a positive. He perceives the shortcomings and the injustice (real or imagined), and still believes.