The Silver Chair

Chapter 2: Jill is Given a Task

Questions

1. What did Jill notice when she stopped crying?

• When she stopped crying, she was thirsty. She noticed that there was the sound of running water.

2. Why did Jill have to pluck up the courage to go find the stream?

• Because she was afraid of running into lion, she thought there might be several lions. Even if she was dreadfully afraid of lions, her thirsty was way harder than her fear.

3. How did the Lion react to Jill’s appearing in the clearing?

• When Jill saw the lion she was terrified, suddenly the lion spoke with Jill at the time Jill confused who was talking to her and she remember in this place animals can talk like a human. The lion said “If you are thirsty, you may drink” but still she was afraid of lion.

4. What was the task given to Jill?

• The given task was far from the place of Narnia, there lives an aged king who is sad because he has no prince of his blood to be king after him. He has no heir because his only son was stolen from him many years ago, and no one in Narnia knows where that price went or whether he is still alive. The lion given this task to Jill find or bring the lost prince for his father.

6. What were the Signs given by Aslan?

• First, boy Eustace and Jill meet helper who is Eustace old friend.
• Second, Jill must journey to the ruined city of ancient giants.
• Third, you have shall find a writing on a stone in that ruined city, and you must do what the writing tells you.
• Fourth, you will know the lost prince by this, if you find him, that he will be the first person you have met in your travels who will ask you to do something in my name, in the name of Aslan.

7. Why did Aslan have Jill memorize the signs? What did he tell her to do to remember the signs?

• I think those signs help to guide her in her quest to find lost prince. Aslan emphasis on the signs, the lion reminded to Jill remember the signs “in every time when you wake in the morning when you lie down at the night, and when you wake in the middle of the night. Whatever strange things happen, don’t let turn your mind from following the signs.” Those signs makes me read eagerly because I really want to know how those signs will show to the Jill which makes me curious.

Reflection

After an unfortunate thing happened to Eustace, she cried a lot. She stopped crying and noticed that she was really thirsty and she heard a sound of running water. However she was terrified to run into the lion, she needed water more than her fear. She traced the sound of running water, she saw the Lion near the stream. At the time she didn’t know what to do and she decided that if she could drink the water it doesn’t matter eaten by the Lion. Suddenly she heard the voice which confused her a little bit but she remembered what Scrubb said about the place where animals can speak. The Lion kindly invited Jill to drink the water, Jill still afraid of the Lion. The Lion warned her you have to drink the water or you die of thirst and she made up her mind to drink the water. Then the Lion asked questions about why she stood at the edge of the cliff and she told the truth about how she was prideful about herself. Jill showed her honesty to the Lion; the Lion gave her a task to do which was find a lost prince. The Lion gave her four signs which helped her to achieve the quests and Jill must have remembered those signs. The Aslan made her repeat the signs until she memorized those signs. After all she took a ride in the air and reached Narnia. She thought it was pretty reckless to ride on the breath of the Lion but she found that was very pleasant. When she landed, she was wet because of the cloud and she was only a few feet away from Eustace.