How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"We are in the ruins of Cair Paravel itself," said Peter. (2.27)
The first example of the home we see is kind of a fixer-upper. And, fancy that, repairing the home is what Prince Caspian is all about.
Quote #2
"I remember now. I took it with me the last day of all, the day we went hunting the White Stag. It must have got lost when we blundered back into that other place—England, I mean." (2.68)
The Pevensie children may have been born and raised in England, but this quote suggests they see Narnia as their true home—or, at the very least, their home away from home.
Quote #3
When Caspian awoke next morning he could hardly believe that it had not all been a dream; but the grass was covered with little cloven hoof-marks. (6.31)
This scene marks the transition for Caspian. It's the moment he finds his new home among the Old Narnians after a seriously rocking house party.
Quote #4
"Aslan's How?" said several voices. "We do not know what it is."
"It lies within the skirts of the Great Woods and it is a huge mound which Narnians raised in very ancient times over a very magical place, where they stood—and perhaps still stands—a very magical Stone." (7.34-35)
We said repairing the home is a major theme in Prince Caspian, and we stand by it. But you could also think of it as rediscovering the home, too. Both work.
Quote #5
But the air of Narnia had been working upon him ever since they arrived on the island, and all his old battles came back to him, and his arms and fingers remembered their old skill. He was King Edmund once more. (8.30)
You know how when you're at home, you're one kind of person, and when you're not, you're another? This scene is kind of like that, only it's not just personality but butt-kicking swordsmanship that changes in Edmund.
Quote #6
The children were sorry to leave Cair Paravel, which, even in ruins, had begun to feel like home again. (8.68)
Pardon the cliché, but home is where the heart is. Or is it where the treasure chamber is? Eh, both work with this passage.
Quote #7
"King Edmund, pah!" said Miraz. "Does your Lordship believe those old wives' fables about Peter and Edmund and the rest?" (13.42)
Part of what makes a community a home is a shared cultural history and stories. Miraz's disgust for those stories just further proves Narnia is not his home.
Quote #8
After this the Telmarine soldiers, firmly but without taunts or blows, were taken across the ford and all put under lock and key in the town of Beruna and given beef and beer. (15.21)
Beruna used to be a home for many Telmarines. Now that they've lost the war; their homes have become a prison. Looking at it from that perspective, we kind of feel sorry for these people.
Quote #9
"Men of Telmar," said Aslan, "you who seek a new land, hear my words. I will send you all to your own country, which I know and you do not." (15.28)
Since Aslan's the good guy of the story, he's fair about it. He does provide the Telmarines with transport to their original home. Hmmm, that might have been handy information for before the whole war thing.
Quote #10
[…], where they were all sitting as if they had never moved from [the country station]—a little flat and dreary for a moment after all they had been through, but also, unexpectedly, nice in its own way, what with the familiar railway smell and the English sky and the summer term before them. (15.61)
The Pevensie children return home. But didn't we say earlier that Narnia was their true home? Sure we did, but you can have more than two homes. Who says you have to have a limit?