The book The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, takes place in Narnia. Narnia is a land of talking animals. This story appeals to a younger audience, since they are interested in animals and magical creatures. One of the main characters, Aslan, is the lion who rules Narnia. According to the passage, Aslan is a type of god-like figure because of his long life, immense power, and benevolence. It is very fascinating to note that, when they hear Aslan's name, the children recognize his power, but also become more themselves. The physical form of the lion does not matter. The author uses a lion because a child associates a lion as being scary, but in the story the lion is kind and brave. Aslan's characteristics alter the young readers…
It was once said that “evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree” (“Ethiopian”). In C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, evil enters the fictitious world of Narnia and quickly diffuses throughout the land. This evil permeates every aspect of its society and has its inhabitants living in fear of the source: Jadis, “Queen” of Narnia, better known as the White Witch. She is this evil that has infiltrated Narnia through her villainous origins, dastard objectives, destructive instruments, and corrupt characteristics…
It is winter all year round there, but without the reward of Christmas. The White Witch is immortal and wishes pain upon all creatures that she rules over. When Lucy, Edmund, Peter, and Susan come to Narnia, they begin to break the winter curse and cause spring to appear. By causing spring to appear, it symbolizes that these four children are going to rid Narnia of all evil.…
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis’s first book of the Chronicles of Narnia introduces the reader to the land of Narnia. Written in the 1950’s Lewis’s inspiration to write a children story stemmed from the arrival of three children evacuated to the Lewis country home during the bombing of London by the Nazi. Within unfolding story C.S. Lewis provides childlike insights into philosophies of faith, compassion, temptation, redemption and forgiveness. Mixed with imagination and magic the narrator entrances readers of all ages; summing them to enter the wardrobe.…
Lewis intended the character Aslan, the mighty lion that rules Narnia, to be a biblical allegory to Jesus Christ. All the good characters believe that Aslan will be able to fix everything that the White Witch has caused, like the eternal Winter. Instead of using his magic and defeating the White Witch then and there, whilst saving Edmund, he surprises them. Aslan instead sacrifices himself in Edmund’s place. Much like Christ’s crucifixion, Aslan’s sacrifice is humiliating, and tormenting. Before Christ’s crucifixion, he is stripped of his clothes and offered wine to drink. Before Aslan is killed by the White Witch for his sacrifice, she cuts his mane off. "Oh how can they?" said Lucy, tears streaming down her cheeks. "The brutes, the brutes!" for now that the first shock was over the shorn face of Aslan looked to her braver, and more beautiful, and more patient than ever. (Lewis…
In Clive Staples Lewis early life he was an atheist. He was distraught over the passing of his mother. Lewis was eventually converted to Christianity by some of his friends; shortly thereafter he began writing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Christianity played a big role, as the story is an obvious allegory for the Bible. Christianity is well-rooted throughout the novel in the hero, who represents Jesus, and the stone table, which represents the cross.…
For example, when Enrique is facing physical beasts such as the train, weather, lack of sleep, food, and shelter. He also faces enemies such as gangs and immigration officers. Although there are a countless number of beasts and enemies, there are kind strangers that aided him on this dangerous travel to America. For example, a woman named Olga who has devoted her life to helping injured immigrants recover. Even though she is not a professional doctor, she has learned medical techniques by observing doctors treat their patients. Kind souls like Olga’s are the reason travelers like Enrique make it to their destination. Likewise, in the fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, four children discover a new world called Narnia through a closet. They discover an evil Snow Queen is controlling Narnia with her wicked powers. Soon after, they meet a kind hearted lion named Aslan. Aslan…
In tale of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Four siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are caused to leave their home, to go live with a Professor in the country during World War II. One rainy, cloudy, miserable day the 4 decided to do some exploring around the house by while playing hide and seek, and in one of the rooms Lucy finds a huge, grand wardrobe and decides it would be a perfect hiding spot. She suddenly steps into a mystical world called Narnia, Lucy tried to tell her siblings about it but they didn't believe her. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy all later find themselves in the magical world and are soon stuck with lots of conflicts, including having a ancient prophecy to fill and a great witch to take down. Will they succeed? What pain must they endure…
We all grew up hoping to be the princesses who met the dreamy prince and lived ‘happily ever after’ like in a fairy tale. People debate over whether or not Disney fairytales are beneficial for children. Like Arielle Schussler the author of the piece “A case against fairytales”,I am against fairy tales. In this essay I will argue on why kids should not be taught Disney or original fairy tales.…
C.S Lewis, the author of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe wrote this is novel in 1949. The novel is basically about religion faith and Christianity. And testing your faith kind of. An allegory is like a story that is compared to the one you're looking at. Something about it and that tells a story behind that you may not see or realize. The allegory in this novel is that Aslan is like Jesus Christ and in the story it was kind of like a test in the children's faith. Seeing how they would believe and think. My claim is that there can be good and evil in the world and you are the one who has to see your religion and which is the good and evil in your life. You choose wisely and what you think is the good and find your Christianity.…
Many people try not to make the same mistakes that their parents and grandparents did, whether it be a monetary, emotional, physical, or spiritual mistake, because their parents teach them during childhood. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Henry doesn’t want to lose the mansion (and his life) like Sir Charles before him. People don’t want to lose their businesses or property the same way that their predecessors did before them. In And Then There Were None, everyone turns on each other in order to survive, but these characters are not good examples of normal people (as most of them have a few issues). A normal person tries to keep friendships. Descendants don’t want to break a friendship, so they learn from their parents and grandparents’ mistakes…
Fairytales. When we hear or see that calming word, we automatically think of beautiful expensive ball gowns, charming handsome Princes, pumpkins turning into carriages, and the infamous ending of true loves first kiss. When growing up, many of us had these wonderful tales read to us before bed or at school with all of our friends. Fairytales, having been around for centuries, sends all kinds of important moral messages from being a child to facing the ‘beautiful’ world of adulthood. Growing up and being placed in the adult world, we come to terms that fairytales aren’t the classic stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Briar Rose, or Cinderella that we all know and love, its much more than that. We are surrounded by Fairytales, almost as if they…
In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, logic is used in an unfamiliar way. This logic does not deal with the nature of life, but deals with the more complex forms of logic that require the filling of blanks to make things work out. Although, for the most part certain things did not make sense, but yet they did express logic. They used environmental attributes to make sense of the complexities they had.…
The sixth book in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew is in fact before the story The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and tells the tale of the creation of Narnia and how evil was introduced into this magical land. Seen through the eyes of two children, Digory and Polly, the story weaves through several different worlds and examines the differences between good and evil hearts.…
When business or life situations do not go as planned, putting the necessary effort into finding solutions to problems is important. Life is unpredictable, and sometimes it takes strength and courage to become a better individual and help others. In The Lion King when Scar causes a stampede through the canyon to kill Simba and Mufasa to become the king, his plan works, and this causes the Pride Rock to fall apart. Simba flees pride rock after being told to run and never return by Scar, and loses his identity and leadership qualities that pride rock needs. After meeting new friends, the relationship that is built between him, Timon and Pumbaa, helps him become a stronger leader, by teaching him the term “Hakuna Matata”, which means no worries.…