Till We Have Faces 2: Shannon Rose

C. S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces struck me most with the underlying themes of certain contrasts: beauty and ugly, loyalty and deception, loving and hating. At first, the reader will see an initial picture of a story of jealous siblings pitted against each other, but the plot thickens and the significance deepens. At the end of the story when Orual is at her end, she comes to know the true reason behind her deception and that she really does love her sister. A tale of heartbreak and insecurity, Lewis touched some soft spots that actually hit home with me in my personal life. "She gave up on love." In the beginning, Orual and Psyche's relationship was strained and difficult; tainted by jealousy. "Giving up on love," Orual was poisoned with hatred and spite. Thankfully, at the end of the story, Orual "finds love" again and is able to restore her relationship with her sister.