Uncle Andrew
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| + | '''Title:''' Uncle Andrew Ketterley | ||
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| + | '''Age:''' 60 | ||
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| + | '''Species:''' Son of Adam | ||
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| + | '''Home:''' London, England | ||
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| + | '''Physical Description:''' He is tall and thin, has a long clean-shaven face, a sharply pointed nose, extremely bright eyes, and a great tousled mop of gray hair | ||
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| + | '''Tools:''' An Atlantean box of magical dust | ||
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| + | '''First Appearance:''' ''The Magician's Nephew'', Ch. 1 (1955) | ||
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===~ The Magician's Nephew ~ (1955)=== | ===~ The Magician's Nephew ~ (1955)=== | ||
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Uncle Andrew is a futile old man when the story opens. He has spent his life ferreting out the secrets of his godmother's box of dust, and is frustrated that no one, not even his nephew Digory, takes him seriously. Uncle Andrew believes that moral law only applies to ordinary humans, not great explorers and inventors like himself. His mercenary tendencies show up when he plans to bring scrap metal from Earth to Narnia in order to grow it there for profit. Uncle Andrew is also something of a coward, as he tricks Polly into going to another world rather than going himself. Uncle Andrew knows this is cowardly, but he is also adept at the art of self-delusion. Indeed, the story ends with Uncle Andrew continuing to lie to himself and others, pretending that his terrifying experience with Jadis was actually his gallant entertainment of foreign royalty. | Uncle Andrew is a futile old man when the story opens. He has spent his life ferreting out the secrets of his godmother's box of dust, and is frustrated that no one, not even his nephew Digory, takes him seriously. Uncle Andrew believes that moral law only applies to ordinary humans, not great explorers and inventors like himself. His mercenary tendencies show up when he plans to bring scrap metal from Earth to Narnia in order to grow it there for profit. Uncle Andrew is also something of a coward, as he tricks Polly into going to another world rather than going himself. Uncle Andrew knows this is cowardly, but he is also adept at the art of self-delusion. Indeed, the story ends with Uncle Andrew continuing to lie to himself and others, pretending that his terrifying experience with Jadis was actually his gallant entertainment of foreign royalty. | ||
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*Richard Syms: Focus on the Family Radio Theater, 1999 – 2002 | *Richard Syms: Focus on the Family Radio Theater, 1999 – 2002 | ||
*Robert Eddison: BBC Radio Tales of Narnia | *Robert Eddison: BBC Radio Tales of Narnia | ||
