Lewis used kids as main characters so that the young audience could relate to them and could make them want to imitate the ways they thought and acted. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, kids in different stages in their young lives, are relatable in different ways: Peter’s leadership and conscientiousness, Susan’s superior attitude, Edmund's shortcomings and later his courage, and Lucy’s passionate faith. They all end up following and obeying the God-like figure Aslan in the story. If the reader can relate to and admire just one of the main characters, then he or she would likely want to be like them: desiring the same adventure, magic, and relationship with Aslan. If they really want that relationship with Aslan, they may turn to the Bible,
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Aslan is righteous, omnipotent, regal, gentle, a warrior, and “[an un]tame lion” (Lewis, 99). In the same way that Aslan has all of these characteristics, God is portrayed in the Bible. God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, all of Aslan’s characteristics, and many more as seen in the Bible (The Holy Bible KJV). However, the dominant similarly between them is incontestable authority and righteousness. The children in the story obey Aslan without question because they know he is right, which contrasts the usual perception of tweens and teens rebelling against every authority figure in their lives. This give an idea to children that God is someone that they don't need to rebel against because he really is on their side, knows what is best, and loves them unconditionally. The way the Pevensie children behave toward Alsan provides an example to the young audience of why they should submit to God, try to develop a relationship with him and not rebel against him. (Proverbs 13:13) When the relationship between man and God is demonstrated through Lewis’ text, it makes it more clear to children who god is and what their relationship with God is supposed to look like in accordance with the …show more content…
Aslan sacrifices himself, for Edmund, who had betrayed his siblings and Aslan. The White Witch laid claim to his “blood” and intended to sacrifice Edmund on the “Stone Table,” but settles on a trade to sacrifice Aslan instead. (Lewis 78, 46) ‘Ed’ did not deserve to be forgiven or accepted into Aslan’s army, though Aslan loved him so much that he traded his own life for the young boy’s. Edmund is symbolic of the sinners and faithless in the Bible, who called for Jesus’ Crucifixion. Aslan’s sacrifice for Edmund shows Aslan's great forgiveness of his treachery, just as Jesus had said on the Cross “forgive them,” begging God to pardon those who had betrayed and scorned him. (Luke 23:34) Jesus, who had done no wrong, was willing to die for them out of love. Lewis knows that the idea of dying for someone else is difficult to understand as a child so he puts this concept in his novel to give children access to this sacrificial story on a much more fundamental level. Instead of trying to show kids how Jesus could die for everyone, he tried to show them how Aslan could die for one person. This provides ideas about true forgiveness, benevolence, and the the main story of the Crucifixion. Aslan dying for Edmund was representative of Jesus Christ's death, only simplified for a younger
Aslan is righteous, omnipotent, regal, gentle, a warrior, and “[an un]tame lion” (Lewis, 99). In the same way that Aslan has all of these characteristics, God is portrayed in the Bible. God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, all of Aslan’s characteristics, and many more as seen in the Bible (The Holy Bible KJV). However, the dominant similarly between them is incontestable authority and righteousness. The children in the story obey Aslan without question because they know he is right, which contrasts the usual perception of tweens and teens rebelling against every authority figure in their lives. This give an idea to children that God is someone that they don't need to rebel against because he really is on their side, knows what is best, and loves them unconditionally. The way the Pevensie children behave toward Alsan provides an example to the young audience of why they should submit to God, try to develop a relationship with him and not rebel against him. (Proverbs 13:13) When the relationship between man and God is demonstrated through Lewis’ text, it makes it more clear to children who god is and what their relationship with God is supposed to look like in accordance with the …show more content…
Aslan sacrifices himself, for Edmund, who had betrayed his siblings and Aslan. The White Witch laid claim to his “blood” and intended to sacrifice Edmund on the “Stone Table,” but settles on a trade to sacrifice Aslan instead. (Lewis 78, 46) ‘Ed’ did not deserve to be forgiven or accepted into Aslan’s army, though Aslan loved him so much that he traded his own life for the young boy’s. Edmund is symbolic of the sinners and faithless in the Bible, who called for Jesus’ Crucifixion. Aslan’s sacrifice for Edmund shows Aslan's great forgiveness of his treachery, just as Jesus had said on the Cross “forgive them,” begging God to pardon those who had betrayed and scorned him. (Luke 23:34) Jesus, who had done no wrong, was willing to die for them out of love. Lewis knows that the idea of dying for someone else is difficult to understand as a child so he puts this concept in his novel to give children access to this sacrificial story on a much more fundamental level. Instead of trying to show kids how Jesus could die for everyone, he tried to show them how Aslan could die for one person. This provides ideas about true forgiveness, benevolence, and the the main story of the Crucifixion. Aslan dying for Edmund was representative of Jesus Christ's death, only simplified for a younger