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== ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' ==
== ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' ==
* Peter Pevensie demonstrates a degree of [[Genre Savvy]] in [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]'s ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', particularly when -- after Edmund suggests the robin they are following might be leading them into a trap -- he observes that in all of the stories he has read, robins are creatures of good.
* Peter Pevensie demonstrates a degree of [[Genre Savvy]] in [[C. S. Lewis]]'s ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', particularly when -- after Edmund suggests the robin they are following might be leading them into a trap -- he observes that in all of the stories he has read, robins are creatures of good.
* Edmund also has a [[Genre Savvy]] moment or two near the beginning of ''[[Prince Caspian]]'', drawing upon his knowledge of adventure stories for ideas on how he and his siblings can get by after they find themselves in an unpopulated wilderness.
* Edmund also has a [[Genre Savvy]] moment or two near the beginning of ''[[Prince Caspian]]'', drawing upon his knowledge of adventure stories for ideas on how he and his siblings can get by after they find themselves in an unpopulated wilderness.
** He has another in ''[[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'' when they are considering what has happened to the man whose armor they have found; it is explicitly cited that he reads mysteries.
** He has another in ''[[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'' when they are considering what has happened to the man whose armor they have found; it is explicitly cited that he reads mysteries.