Sean Dorsey – Narnia Entry 1 - The Aslan Tendency

What the title refers to is the frequency of, in our in class story-telling, for Aslan to show up and fix everything despite there being no pressing reason for him to be constantly interfering in the lives of otherwise normal beings, with the reasoning that he is present in historical or ‘major Narnian events’ aside. I guess the appropriate term would be ‘deus ex felinus,’ and I’m not particularly sure that C.S. Lewis would approve, especially if Aslan is supposed to represent a largely Jesus-based divine presence which would no doubt distribute incidental acts of charity (Aslan sees someone in peril in his gallivanting around Narnia and helps them) but not necessarily universal acts, though it is certainly possible. Concerning my own story the same argument seems to present itself; in my defense, the Calormene caravan driver directly invokes Tash as opposed to Aslan showing up to people that have no prior knowledge of his existence. Do you agree or disagree with the sentiment that Aslan would / should not interfere with every little event in Narnia? Where should the distinction be drawn, or should it be drawn at all?