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   In rec.arts.books.tolkien Mike Schilling  wrote:   
      
   > "junior-kun"  wrote in message   
   > news:1138225853.698467.227940@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   >>   
   >> Mike Schilling wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> If Lewis is retelling the Christian story, then all the major story   
   >>> elements   
   >>> in the Narnia books (characters, settings, conflicts etc.) came from the   
   >>> pre-existing Christian story, and this simple isn't true, any more than   
   >>> an   
   >>> allrgory's 1-1 correspondence is present.   
   >>   
   >> Nobody who is suggesting Narnia is allegory is claiming that a 1-1   
   >> correspondance is present, or need to present, that's just silly.   
      
   > True: such people must be using a definition of "allegory" that has no such   
   > requirement.  Similarly, people calling Narnia a pastrami sandwich must be   
   > using a definition that doesn't involve bread or meat.   
      
   So what one thing does the whale represent in "Moby-Dick"?   
      
   Stephen   
      
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