Game(s) of Thrones: Medieval Literature and Popular Culture

For this forum post, I'm offering the following questions as prompts but feel free to talk about another topic or raise questions of your choosing.

At the heart of The Horse and His Boy is a tension between the people of Calormen and the people of Narnia. Looking closely at the details of how these people are each described, what do you notice about the characterization of the Calormen? How do they compare to the Narnians? How might this characterization relate to Said's concept of Orientalism?

The Horse and His Boy is obsessed with the idea of freedom, particularly freedom in contrast to slavery. It comes up in the fear that Susan might be a slave to the prince, in the Tisroc’s coversation with his son and the vizier, we hear repeatedly about slaves when Aravis stays with her friend, Bree discusses it again in that final scene.  So what do all of these characters mean when they talk about freedom? What are their definitions of “free”? Alternatively, what are their definitions of slavery?