Outside Reading- C.S. Lewis-Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to Be Said-Melissa Faller

C.S. Lewis' Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to Be Said is a short story written about Fairy Tales. C.S. Lewis explains that through myth sometimes the truth is better displayed and understood. C.S. explains that the reason for this is that a lot of times religion is associated with bad connotations. He writes, "Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one out to feel about God or about the sufferings of Christ? I thought the chief reason was that one was told one ought to. An obligation can freeze feelings." With religion comes a lot of misunderstanding, people are uncomfortable with the unknown. Most of this misunderstanding stems from the fact that Christianity changes lives of many people and because of this they want to preach the good news. This preaching (or obligation to preach) tends to rub people the wrong way and as a result when the word Jesus Christ is uttered people tend to role their eyes and stop listening. C.S. Lewis writes that it is through myth that this misunderstanding is removed and it allows people to experience without the bad associations. This made me think that myth is similar to a child. A child has not yet been exposed to the world, so they still have their own original thought with out obligation to please everyone around them. It has made me realize that the world would be a great place if we thought like children if we were able to appreciate each other with out judging or discriminating against one another.