In this allegory, Jadis is additionally an allusion to the serpent who entices Eve, as Jadis tried to persuade Digory to go against what is correct and to steal a piece of fruit for his own selfish desires. In opposing this temptation, Digory triumphs over evil. Moreover, Digory gets rewarded for his noble action: Aslan gave him a fruit to take home to his ailing mother for her cure. The moral of the allegory is that doing the right thing will always pay off and attain rewards; giving in to temptation however will only cause misery and suffering.
In the book The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis, all the characters have different and diverse perceptions of magic, of beauty and of other worlds. A motif of perception is expressed in the old saying
In the book The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis, all the characters have different and diverse perceptions of magic, of beauty and of other worlds. A motif of perception is expressed in the old saying