A Strange Comparison

"I feel like this is the real climax to your striptease. Now you stand there naked."--m.k.

In C.S. Lewis's Voyage of the Dawn Treader, a boy, Eustace, is charmed into a dragon. His friends pity him and keep him company, but there's nothing they can do. He furtively slips away to hunt, morosely chomping small animals and wanting only to be normal again, like his friends. Aslan shows up and directs Eustace to peel the dragon skin off. Everytime he does, there's a new skin below it. He tries over and over, in tears with frustration and loneliness. Finally Aslan digs his claws in deep and rips scores of layers off at once. The pain is terrible. But Eustace finally steps out, naked, himself once again.