Comparing The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe By C. S. Lewis
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis
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.
The four Pensive children are evacuated to an elder professor’s home in the country during the Nazi air attacks on London. Lucy the inquisitive youngest child enters the wardrobe during a game of hide during a rainstorm. As she burrows deeper within the wardrobe she discovers she has fallen into the land of Narnia. …show more content…
The land is full of fantastical creatures and ruled over by the White Queen.
She has placed a curse on the land so that is always winter and never Christmas. The curse can only be lift by the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve and the Return of the High King, Aslan. In her first visit, Lucy meets Mr. Tumnus the faun. After tea, she returns to the wardrobe and back to the real world and her brothers and sister. They don’t believe her tale of a land on the other side of the wardrobe. The next rainy day Edmund follows Lucy as she again travels to visit Mr. Tumnus. In arriving at the lamppost Edmund finds that he has lost sight of Lucy but is found by the White Queen who lures him onto her sleigh with Turkish
Delights.
Lucy and Edmond return to the wardrobe and tell their older siblings, but Edmond denies Narnia is real. The Professor dispels the disbelieve the older children Peter, Susan and Edmond have about the reality of Narnia. When the four children enter the wardrobe together they are all transported to Narnia.
Here begins a tale that is an allegory for the struggle between the good and evil. Edmund is tempted away from his siblings by the White Witch by promises of Turkish Delight. The other children begin a journey to find Aslan and defeat the witch. Along the way, they meet fantastical and mythological characters including Father Christmas who gives them gifts to aid them in the journey and the conflicts that lay ahead of them. In the last battle, Edmund is reunited with his brother and sister. They join Aslan and the many inhabitants of Narnia to battle the forces of the White Witch. The strong, virtuous and courageous prevail but at cost. Aslan sacrifices himself to redeem Edmund but his is then resurrected. The children become monarchs of the land of Narnia protectors of all the inhabitants. The prophesy is fulfilled.
The books narrative and characters of the story combine Christian theology and mythology. The children each are given names that are Christian virtues and values, Steven the Valiant, Susan the Wise and Lucy the Gentle. Mr. Tumnus portrays hospitality and the Beavers home and family. Each of the children is given a given that symbolizes Christian virtues that they each strive to live up to. Aslan is a symbolic of Christ in his sacrifice, and resurrection.
C.S. Lewis crafted the story as an allegory about the human struggle between good and evil. He has written a book transcends children’s fiction and makes it a timeless classic for all ages.
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.
The four Pensive children are evacuated to an elder professor’s home in the country during the Nazi air attacks on London. Lucy the inquisitive youngest child enters the wardrobe during a game of hide during a rainstorm. As she burrows deeper within the wardrobe she discovers she has fallen into the land of Narnia. …show more content…
The land is full of fantastical creatures and ruled over by the White Queen.
She has placed a curse on the land so that is always winter and never Christmas. The curse can only be lift by the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve and the Return of the High King, Aslan. In her first visit, Lucy meets Mr. Tumnus the faun. After tea, she returns to the wardrobe and back to the real world and her brothers and sister. They don’t believe her tale of a land on the other side of the wardrobe. The next rainy day Edmund follows Lucy as she again travels to visit Mr. Tumnus. In arriving at the lamppost Edmund finds that he has lost sight of Lucy but is found by the White Queen who lures him onto her sleigh with Turkish
Delights.
Lucy and Edmond return to the wardrobe and tell their older siblings, but Edmond denies Narnia is real. The Professor dispels the disbelieve the older children Peter, Susan and Edmond have about the reality of Narnia. When the four children enter the wardrobe together they are all transported to Narnia.
Here begins a tale that is an allegory for the struggle between the good and evil. Edmund is tempted away from his siblings by the White Witch by promises of Turkish Delight. The other children begin a journey to find Aslan and defeat the witch. Along the way, they meet fantastical and mythological characters including Father Christmas who gives them gifts to aid them in the journey and the conflicts that lay ahead of them. In the last battle, Edmund is reunited with his brother and sister. They join Aslan and the many inhabitants of Narnia to battle the forces of the White Witch. The strong, virtuous and courageous prevail but at cost. Aslan sacrifices himself to redeem Edmund but his is then resurrected. The children become monarchs of the land of Narnia protectors of all the inhabitants. The prophesy is fulfilled.
The books narrative and characters of the story combine Christian theology and mythology. The children each are given names that are Christian virtues and values, Steven the Valiant, Susan the Wise and Lucy the Gentle. Mr. Tumnus portrays hospitality and the Beavers home and family. Each of the children is given a given that symbolizes Christian virtues that they each strive to live up to. Aslan is a symbolic of Christ in his sacrifice, and resurrection.
C.S. Lewis crafted the story as an allegory about the human struggle between good and evil. He has written a book transcends children’s fiction and makes it a timeless classic for all ages.