The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Jeffres presentation, I must admit that my knowledge on the subject has greatly expanded. Before the lecture on the life of one of the world’s greatest writers, the only thing that came to mind when I heard the name of C.S. Lewis was The Chronicles of Narnia. I had no idea about all the obstacle Lewis had to overcome during the course of his life, and I also didn’t know much about his achievements. While I cannot claim to have become an expert on the life of Lewis, my knowledge has definitely…

1. The Polar Express was written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg and it was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985. This book is a classic children’s book that was later made into a feature film. The story is about a boy who goes unnamed though out the whole book, and his journey on a magical steam engine to the North Pole in the middle of the night. Van Allsburg evokes such a vivid visual world through is text and visuals. He uses great metaphors and similes such as “the train is wrapped…

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Socratic Club Essay Good and Evil. The two forces that are always in opposition throughout the entirety of our lives. This opposition is seen everywhere we go. It might be in school, work, athletics, or even at home. There seems to be one way that we deem good, and the other is automatically deemed ‘bad’ or evil. This constant opposition from the two forces has come to be known as Dualism. Now the idea of Dualism itself is not so hard to grasp. The battle of good and evil is all around…

Kindertransport. This miraculous sign of mercy saved 10,000 children from the Nazi party by smuggling them in by the 300s into British hostels and homes (ITAOS). This feat is lightly referenced in war era films such as The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when the children are sent to live in the countryside with a distant relative to escape the perils of war. Yet few truly knew what these children faced, until 2000 when Mark Jonathan Harris released Into the Arms of…