Several writers, including [[Philip Pullman]],<ref name="Ezard">{{cite news|last1=Ezard|first1=John|title=Narnia books attacked as racist and sexist|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/03/gender.hayfestival2002|accessdateaccess-date=26 March 2015|publisher=The Guardian|date=3 June 2002|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208163207/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/03/gender.hayfestival2002|archivedatearchive-date=8 February 2015}}</ref><ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4347226.stm Pullman attacks Narnia film plans]" ''[[BBC News]]'', 16 October 2005</ref> [[Kyrie O'Connor]],<ref name="OConnor">Kyrie O'Connor, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214153306/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051201%2FLIVING%2F512010303%2F1007 5th Narnia book may not see big screen]" IndyStar.com, 1 December 2005</ref> and [[Gregg Easterbrook]],<ref>October 2001 of The Atlantic</ref> consider the use of Calormene characters as villains to be evidence of [[racism]]. Aravis is often presented as a counterexample to this (along with [[Emeth]], who is accepted in Aslan's country for good deeds worthy of Aslan), since she is sympathetically portrayed as a largely virtuous Calormene heroine.
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==Further reading==
* {{Citation |surname1=Ford |given1=Paul |year=2005 |title=Companion to Narnia, Revised Edition |place=San Francisco |publisher=Harper |isbn=0-06-079127-6 |URL=}}
* {{Citation |surname1=Lewis |given1=C.S. |authorlinkauthor-link=C.S. Lewis |year=1954 |title=The Horse and His Boy |place=London |publisher=Geoffrey Bles |ID= |URL=}}
* {{Citation |surname1=Lewis |given1=C.S. |authorlinkauthor-link=C.S. Lewis |year=1956 |title=The Last Battle |place=London |publisher=Geoffrey Bles |ID= |URL=}}
* {{Citation |surname1=Markos |given1=Louis |year=2000 |title=The Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis (audio course), Lecture 10: Journeys of Faith-The Chronicles of Narnia II |place=Chantilly, VA |publisher=The Teaching Company |isbn=1-56585-316-4 |URL=}}
* {{Citation |surname1=Schakel |given1=Peter J. |year=1979 |title=Reading With the Heart: The Way into Narnia |place=Grand Rapids |publisher=William B. Eerdmans |isbn=0-8028-1814-5 |URL= |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/readingwithheart0000scha }}
