After having the rights to Narnia for several years, Netflix has finally announced a date for the new reboot! I'm so freaking excited, I can't wait to see it. Especially since it hasn't been stated which book they're doing first, I wonder if they will do Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, or maybe the Magicians Nephew since it's never been made into a movie before? Either way I am ECSTATIC there's finally more Narnia news!

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Eustace is a Parallel to Paul

Throughout the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Eustace is very prominant. He starts out being whiney, and a jerk. He completely rejects the idea of Narnia, despite being in it. He doesn't care about Aslan. Partway through the story, he picks up an enchanted bracelet, which turns him into a dragon. This has a very big effect on him, with there being so many things he can't do when he isn't a human. It gives him a fresh perspective, and he realizes how much of a brat he had been the entire time, and that they are truly in a different world. He stays a dragon for three days, before having a dream/vision of Aslan helping him shed his dragon skin. He makes a complete turn-about after this.
This is similar to Paul, who persecuted the early church. It wasn't until he was on his way to Damascus, planning to imprison any Christians (who at the time, were called Followers of the Way. So cool!) that he came across. Jesus however, spoke to him and blinded him. He remained blind for three days, before God healed him through Ananais' prayer, and afterwards Paul became a very devout Christian.

While the Narnia books are numbered 1-7, they didn't come out in that order! The Magicians Nephew, and The Horse and His Boy were some of the last books to be published, despite being labelled the first and third books in the series. C.S Lewis went back and wrote these prequels, and asked for the series to be ordered in their chronological order. But is that really the best way to enjoy the series?

I originally read the books in chronological order, because that's how they were numbered at the library. Years later, having read the series many times over with the different orders in mind, I've come to a conclusion on which I prefer.

I think publication order fits the series much better. Reading them chronologically, has you swapping protagonists constantly, while publication order follows the Pevensies first, and then slowly switches in the others. Lewis' writing style, also changed slightly over the years. When you read the LWW (Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe), it is very obvious it was written first. Prince Caspian also starts out, with it being very obviously a continuation of LWW, since Lewis had not thought up the book happening between them yet. The openings to MN, and HHB, feel very different to those other two.

There isn't anything wrong with reading them in chronological order, but I feel like it's most enjoyable when read in publication order.