Eustace Clarence Scrubb

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==Bio Info==
==Bio Info==
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'''Titles:''' Eustace, Scrubb
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'''Age:''' 9 (VDT/SC), 16 (LB)
'''Age:''' 9 (VDT/SC), 16 (LB)
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'''First Appearance:''' ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', Ch. 1 (1952)
'''First Appearance:''' ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', Ch. 1 (1952)
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==About Eustace==
 
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"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." Eustace starts out as a very selfish boy. His parents are described as modern people, and Eustace has absorbed the worst effects of the Scrubbs' lack of discipline and self-centered philosophy. He is pleased when he learns that his cousins [[Lucy Pevensie|Lucy]] and [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]] will be spending a summer with his family, because he enjoys irritating them. When the children are pulled into Narnia, Eustace continues to make himself an annoyance until he has an encounter with [[Aslan]]. After that, Eustace reforms and becomes less selfish. He displays bravery in attacking the Sea-Serpent (though he breaks [[Caspian]]'s second-best sword in so doing). Eustace is a dynamic character, similar to his cousin [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]] in the sense that his trip to Narnia changes him. He is later chosen to help rescue Prince [[Rilian]] and fight alongside King [[Tirian]] in the last battle of Narnia, earning his place among the friends of Narnia.
 
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===~ The Last Battle ~ (1956)===
===~ The Last Battle ~ (1956)===
[[File:3774.jpg|left]]Eustace is present when King [[Tirian]] suddenly appears to the friends of Narnia, alerting them to the fact that Narnia is in danger. Since [[Aslan]] has told the Pevensies that they may not return to Narnia, it is decided that Eustace and [[Jill Pole|Jill]] will go, using the magic rings. They take a train to the meeting place to get the rings from [[Peter Pevensie|Peter]] and [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]], when suddenly there comes a “frightful jerk”... and Eustace and [[Jill Pole|Jill]] find themselves in Narnia. Eustace accompanies [[Tirian]] and [[Jill Pole|Jill]] as they rescue [[Jewel]] and [[Puzzle]] from the stable. Eustace fights by [[Tirian]]'s side in the last battle of Narnia, and is thrown through the stable door. Eustace witnesses night falling on Narnia and goes "further up and further in" with the others as [[Aslan]] leads them to His country.
[[File:3774.jpg|left]]Eustace is present when King [[Tirian]] suddenly appears to the friends of Narnia, alerting them to the fact that Narnia is in danger. Since [[Aslan]] has told the Pevensies that they may not return to Narnia, it is decided that Eustace and [[Jill Pole|Jill]] will go, using the magic rings. They take a train to the meeting place to get the rings from [[Peter Pevensie|Peter]] and [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]], when suddenly there comes a “frightful jerk”... and Eustace and [[Jill Pole|Jill]] find themselves in Narnia. Eustace accompanies [[Tirian]] and [[Jill Pole|Jill]] as they rescue [[Jewel]] and [[Puzzle]] from the stable. Eustace fights by [[Tirian]]'s side in the last battle of Narnia, and is thrown through the stable door. Eustace witnesses night falling on Narnia and goes "further up and further in" with the others as [[Aslan]] leads them to His country.
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==About Eustace==
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"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." Eustace starts out as a very selfish boy. His parents are described as modern people, and Eustace has absorbed the worst effects of the Scrubbs' lack of discipline and self-centered philosophy. He is pleased when he learns that his cousins [[Lucy Pevensie|Lucy]] and [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]] will be spending a summer with his family, because he enjoys irritating them. When the children are pulled into Narnia, Eustace continues to make himself an annoyance until he has an encounter with [[Aslan]]. After that, Eustace reforms and becomes less selfish. He displays bravery in attacking the Sea-Serpent (though he breaks [[Caspian]]'s second-best sword in so doing). Eustace is a dynamic character, similar to his cousin [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]] in the sense that his trip to Narnia changes him. He is later chosen to help rescue Prince [[Rilian]] and fight alongside King [[Tirian]] in the last battle of Narnia, earning his place among the friends of Narnia.
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*"Some kids who played games about Narnia / Got gradually balmier and balmier—" (VDT, Ch. 1)
*"Some kids who played games about Narnia / Got gradually balmier and balmier—" (VDT, Ch. 1)
*"I see. As usual. Been enjoying yourself somewhere while the rest of us were prisoners. I suppose you haven't even found out about the British Consul. Of course not." (VDT, Ch. 4)
*"I see. As usual. Been enjoying yourself somewhere while the rest of us were prisoners. I suppose you haven't even found out about the British Consul. Of course not." (VDT, Ch. 4)
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*"Aslan! I've heard that name mentioned several times since we joined the Dawn Treader. And I felt—I don't know what—I hated it. But I was hating everything then." (VDT, Ch. 7)
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*"[[Aslan]]! I've heard that name mentioned several times since we joined the Dawn Treader. And I felt—I don't know what—I hated it. But I was hating everything then." (VDT, Ch. 7)
*"Supposing I told you I'd been in a place where animals can talk and where there are—er—enchantments and dragons—and well, all the sorts of things you have in fairy-tales." (SC, Ch. 1)
*"Supposing I told you I'd been in a place where animals can talk and where there are—er—enchantments and dragons—and well, all the sorts of things you have in fairy-tales." (SC, Ch. 1)
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*"Look here! I don't believe the whole thing can be half as bad as you're making out; any more than the beds in the wigwam were hard or the wood was wet. I don't think Aslan would ever have sent us if there was so little chance as all that." (SC, Ch. 5)
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*"Look here! I don't believe the whole thing can be half as bad as you're making out; any more than the beds in the wigwam were hard or the wood was wet. I don't think [[Aslan]] would ever have sent us if there was so little chance as all that." (SC, Ch. 5)
*"Great Scott! Well I'm—jiggered. I was jolly angry with you a moment ago, and I still think it was mean of you to sneak off without the rest of us: but I must admit—well, I mean to say—well it was a perfectly gorgeous thing to do. If she was a boy she'd have to be knighted, wouldn't she, Sire?" (LB, Ch. 6)
*"Great Scott! Well I'm—jiggered. I was jolly angry with you a moment ago, and I still think it was mean of you to sneak off without the rest of us: but I must admit—well, I mean to say—well it was a perfectly gorgeous thing to do. If she was a boy she'd have to be knighted, wouldn't she, Sire?" (LB, Ch. 6)
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*"I hope Tash ate the Dwarfs too. Little swine." (LB, Ch. 15)
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*"I hope [[Tash]] ate the Dwarfs too. Little swine." (LB, Ch. 15)
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*[[File:BBCEustace.jpg|left]]David Thwaites: BBC TV series, 1989 – 1990
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*[[File:BBCEustace.jpg|left]]David Thwaites: BBC TV series, 1988 – 1990

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