by LadyKate » July 15th, 2009, 4:33 pm
I disagree that a generation gap is the cause for having a hard go with the ST. I'm only 26, and I have always loved the books -- in fact, they are among my Top Three Book Series of All Time. THS is a bit chewy, I admit, but I love Lewis' slightly archaic style of writing. Of course, this could be entirely due to the fact that the emphasis of my Lit. degree was Medaeval British Literature.
I remember reading the ST for the first time in fifth grade. It was for the first book report that I ever wrote, specifically on OOTSP. I'm a linguistics nerd, and I found Lewis' descriptions fascinating. My mother had to go to my school and tell the teacher that yes I did read this book and wrote the report myself. Ha. I remember getting in trouble once when I was younger whilst riding in the car with my family, by saying that I felt "knocked up," a phrase that Ransom uses at one point. I was mortified when my mom told me that knocked up = pregnant.