Deplorable Word word itself, and had vowed that none of them, nor their descendants, would seek to discover it. Jadis said she had "learned it in a secret place and paid a terrible price to learn it". The book does not say what that price was, or give further details on the Deplorable Word. Lewis does not explicitly link the Deplorable Word to any specific weapon of mass destruction, but he alludes to the power of humanity to destroy life. Writing in 1955 in the midst of the Cold War, Lewis has the lion Aslan say to the central characters from the
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie lawyer ends by remarking to Paul's employer (Dudley Digges) that, "valiant is the word for Carrie". The film was preceded by two literary versions by Barry Benefield - a short story and later a novel based on it. Benefield's original short story, titled "With Banners Blowing", was published in the "Woman's Home Companion", and later appeared in two collections under the title "Carrie Snyder". The original story focused entirely on events in the (fictional) town of Crebillion, Louisiana. Carrie Snyder is 31 years old, lives in a cottage at the edge of town and maintains herself as a prostitute, having