The Lion

My opinion of the lion king hasn't changed, although after reading this text it has opened my mind to other possible meanings. Before I assumed it was just a typical kids movie with not much meaning behind it. After reading this text I can see all the other perspectives people have that shows racism, dominate attitudes and dominant social values of America. My opinion of the Lion King remains to be a kids movie that is simply a fictional movie created to how the American producer wanted. I don't…

Carl Hohenedel ENGL 101-4M3 November 10, 2014 Final Draft Narnia The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is set during World War II. It takes place around four children decided to play hide and seek in a house, and one day and the youngest girl Lucy found a wardrobe to hide in. When Lucy entered the wardrobe she found herself able to go further and further into it and ended up in a strange place. The wardrobe had led her to a land covered of snow. When Lucy started walking around she met a fawn,…

In the movie, “The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Four Children flee war-torn London and arrive at their safe haven home. Upon arrival they realize the house is strict and they become troubled. While playing games to make themselves feel better about their predicament they find a magic wardrobe that takes them to a new land called Narnia. Throughout the story many themes present themselves, two of which being that good can come from misfortune (shown mostly in the…

As The Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe once stated, “Every traitor belongs to me as my lawful prey and that for every treachery I have a right to a kill,” (Quotev). She said this in reference to Edmund Pevensie, one of the four Pevensie children, as she decided on his fate. Edmund’s only hope was the strength of his family and friends, and even that of a lion named Aslan. There was a profound strain on each Prime Minister during World War Two. Britain had…

Can religion transcend through the barriers between fiction and reality? In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, four children are forced away from their home by war. They find themselves living in a mysterious house with a professor and his mysterious belongings, of which one is a large wardrobe. They repeatedly find themselves near this wardrobe and eventually need it for a hiding place. Upon entering the wardrobe they discover the magical world of Narnia, frozen in a perpetual winter.…

The Lion King has What? In Margaret Lazarus essay “All’s Not Well in Land of “The Lion King”” she points out all of the all the stereotypes she sees in the movie The Lion King. The stereotypes she talks about are racism, sexual orientation, and feminism. This essay is a summary and response over her essay and all of the stereotypes she points out, using the movie as our evidence. One of the stereotypes Margaret Lazarus states in her essay about the The Lion King is racist. She states in her…

many ways to show greed. Greed is a form of being disloyal, betrayal. or treason. For example, If someone wants to have something so bad that they will hurt the people around them just so that they can have it. Lion King shows a tremendous amount of greed. In the story Lion King there was two brothers named Mufasa and Scar. Scar hated that his brother was the king of the Jungle. He was willing to do anything in his power to take that power away from his brother, so scar…

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has been captivating readers of all ages with a magical land and unforgettable characters for over sixty years. Four young children enter the timeless world of Narnia through the door of a wardrobe while playing hide-and-seek. There are talking animals, dwarfs, giants, beasts, centaurs, and indescribable half-human combinations. In this world of Narnia there is a colossal struggle between the…

Which is Prominent? The Epic of Sundiata and The Lion King are very similar is ways but different is ways also. Something that shows that both of the epics are very similar is that both Simba and Sundiata are exiled but return to reclaim their kingdom. Just as the movie and the epic have similarities they also have differences such as in the two characters Simba is more of the active and curious lion cub while Sundiata lags behind the others. Another thing that makes these two tales different…

The Chronicles of Narnia book series, for years, has been under the watchful eye of Christians and Non-Christians alike in search of Biblical parallels. There are the more obvious parallels: Aslan’s death on the Stone Table in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe/Jesus’ death on the cross, the Rapture/the end of Old Narnia in The Last Battle, and the two creation stories found in Genesis/The Magician’s Nephew. However, there are far more subtle Biblical parallels that Lewis himself might not…