According to C.S. Lewis, when a person writes something, what they are passionate about is subconsciously written into their work. Lewis claims that when he wrote the Chronicles of Narnia series, he did not originally intend to write it about the gospel or about Jesus---he claims that the story just flowed out of him. After reading the series, one could easily come to the conclusion that Lewis must have been very passionate about the relationship between God and man.
Although it was not Lewis’ original intent to write about Aslan as Jesus, there are many similarities between the two and one can find many parallels between the character of Aslan and how the Christian Bible describes Jesus. When reading through several books in the Narnia series, …show more content…
In Matthew 4 Jesus approaches two brothers named Simon and Andrew and he says “Come, follow me” and in verse nineteen it says that “at once they left their nets and followed him.” In this scripture, it is clear that the disciples experienced very little hesitancy when responding to Jesus---there was an immediate draw to him without even knowing him, Simon and Andrew felt positively enough about Jesus to drop everything in their lives in order to follow him. This scripture is very similar to how, later in this book, the Cabby leaves his life the human world in order to serve Aslan and live as the King of Narnia. In chapter eleven of the book Aslan asks the Cabby if he would be willing to stay in Narnia; at once he seems to feel very positively about the idea, and a page later he and his wife are declared King and Queen of Narnia (137). The Cabby and other characters who at first feel neutrally towards Aslan, seem to have an immediate desire, willingness, and joy present in regard to following …show more content…
Soon after seeing that a lion---Aslan---is the one who is singing, Andrew completely rejects this idea; rather than continuing to hear singing, he convinces himself that he is hearing roaring instead. Andrew does not want to believe, thus and he convinces himself that what is before his eyes is not real (126). This idea is confirmed on page 170 when Polly asks Aslan to make sure Uncle Andrew never returns to Narnia and Aslan asks, “Do you think he wants to?” The idea is confirmed for a second time on page 171 when Aslan tells Polly, “he has made himself unable to hear my voice.” By the time Uncle Andrew even enters Narnia he has already given his service to Jadis, and so everything beautiful about Narnia is ugly to him at first sight; rather than being drawn to the beauty and he is repulsed and almost driven mad by it
Although it was not Lewis’ original intent to write about Aslan as Jesus, there are many similarities between the two and one can find many parallels between the character of Aslan and how the Christian Bible describes Jesus. When reading through several books in the Narnia series, …show more content…
In Matthew 4 Jesus approaches two brothers named Simon and Andrew and he says “Come, follow me” and in verse nineteen it says that “at once they left their nets and followed him.” In this scripture, it is clear that the disciples experienced very little hesitancy when responding to Jesus---there was an immediate draw to him without even knowing him, Simon and Andrew felt positively enough about Jesus to drop everything in their lives in order to follow him. This scripture is very similar to how, later in this book, the Cabby leaves his life the human world in order to serve Aslan and live as the King of Narnia. In chapter eleven of the book Aslan asks the Cabby if he would be willing to stay in Narnia; at once he seems to feel very positively about the idea, and a page later he and his wife are declared King and Queen of Narnia (137). The Cabby and other characters who at first feel neutrally towards Aslan, seem to have an immediate desire, willingness, and joy present in regard to following …show more content…
Soon after seeing that a lion---Aslan---is the one who is singing, Andrew completely rejects this idea; rather than continuing to hear singing, he convinces himself that he is hearing roaring instead. Andrew does not want to believe, thus and he convinces himself that what is before his eyes is not real (126). This idea is confirmed on page 170 when Polly asks Aslan to make sure Uncle Andrew never returns to Narnia and Aslan asks, “Do you think he wants to?” The idea is confirmed for a second time on page 171 when Aslan tells Polly, “he has made himself unable to hear my voice.” By the time Uncle Andrew even enters Narnia he has already given his service to Jadis, and so everything beautiful about Narnia is ugly to him at first sight; rather than being drawn to the beauty and he is repulsed and almost driven mad by it