Describe one character’s cunning action in the novel and explain what made it cunning.

Uncle Andrew has a desire to experiment with magic and unknown worlds, but not to go to unknown places himself. He does not want to explore other worlds, and when he is there, he does not enjoy it. The irony is that although Uncle Andrew has a desire to find new worlds, he has absolutely no desire to go to the new worlds to explore them. Digory, as well as the reader, would expect that if someone were so interested in finding other worlds, that that person would also be very interested in seeing and exploring what is in those other worlds. This is not so for Uncle Andrew, which goes against all expectations, and is therefore ironic.