The Chronicles of Narnia

The Magician’s Nephew is a high fantasy and adventure novel composed by C. S. Lewis. In chronological order, it is the first book of "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. The Magician’s Nephew tells the tale of the formation of Narnia and how malevolence was brought into this enchanted land. Seen through the eyes of two kids, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, the story weaves through a few distinct universes and analyzes the differences between good and evil hearts. The magical story begins with two…

As a Christian we can learn from C.S. Lewis’ character the evil witch is like the devil. She tries to get you fall for the smallest things that can become big and affect your faith life. The Evil Witch Is bossy. She is bossy when she wanted to know where Edmunds brothers and sisters where. Edmund couldn’t get them to come to the Witch’s house so he went off by himself. Then went to the Witch’s house and the Witch was surprised to see him with no brother or sisters. Then she got angry at him and…

Born and raised in a tiny Minnesota prairie town, few would have guessed that young and down-to-earth Sinclair Lewis would become one of America’s most celebrated authors and outspoken liberal thinkers. Lewis didn’t discover this exact destiny until his 20s, but from his early teens, Lewis could tell that the prairie village of his birth would be far too limiting for his future. In 1902, he travelled east to attend Oberlin Academy (Oberlin College’s preparatory high school), but it was on the…

The title of my book is Lost in the Barrens. Its a fiction book by Farley Mowat that contains 244 pages. The main characters are Awain Meewasin and Jamie MacNair. Awasin is a boy whos dad goes on a hunt every year with Jamie’s Uncle. Jamie is a boy who’s parents died when he was little so he went to a boarding school and then got transferd to is Uncle Angus MacNair. This book is about two boys who got lost in the wild for 4-5 months. They had to try and find away to survive and try to find…

was small, I couldn’t even reach for the handle of the cupboard and open it. I was interested in what was being kept behind those white wooden doors. Was there simply nothing or was a fully different world hiding in the cupboard like in “The Chronicles of Narnia?” I formulated a plan quickly, and moved a chair to the wardrobe. I climbed the chair and got closer to the handle finally. I finally pulled the door open and the rich odor of my mother’s perfume filled my nose. I loved that smell so…

defined by Merriam-Webster as, “the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence.” Common examples range from, Aesop’s “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” to C.S. Lewis’s series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Often, such works contain religious themes, which are not always interpreted as the author intended. Upon consulting interviews and personal commentary on the author’s works, the perceived meaning can be compared and contrasted with the…

connections between the Bible and the story of Narnia. However, viewing this world and novel with a post-colonialist perspective, it reveals the complexity of many more discourses about the purpose of characters and locations. By looking at the world with this viewpoint, we can expose the 1000-year-old oppression through colonization that the White Witch renders over the land of Narnia and how that affects the inhabitants. We can look at the origins of Narnia and the White Witch to draw…

Myth: The Chronicles of Narnia is built around this concept of myth. As most of us read long ago in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the four children explore their new home and grope their way through a magical wardrobe into the cold, wintery world of Narnia. Here -- as in the ancient myths that had captivated C. S. Lewis' heart -- animals talk, witches bewitch, curses turn flesh into stone, and the veil between physical reality and spiritual fantasies fade away. Myth and truth merge…

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by the Carnegie Medal winner, C.S. Lewis, is set in a magical land named Narnia. Multiple biblical elements can be found in this story which can directly relate to the death and resurrection of Jesus, as well as the sinful nature of man after the fall. This book was originally published in 1950, and its main target audience was children; however, people of all ages tend to enjoy it because of its deeper meaning. The story of Christianity is symbol throughout…

two works of literature that use Christian allegories. In Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, four children venture into the magic world of Narnia through a wardrobe where they set off on a quest to defeat the evil White Witch and become kings and queens. The Christian allegory in this work revolves around the great lion ruler of Narnia, Aslan, who represents Jesus, and the conflict against…