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    In Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis used numerous amounts of symbolism and parallelism. The symbolisms and parallels tie the story to the story of Christ. Even the main characters symbolize main characters in the Bible. The Witch symbolizes the Devil, Edmund symbolizes the disciple Judas, and Aslan symbolizes Jesus Christ. Edmund, the Witch, and Aslan all symbolize someone or some concept in Christianity. Edmund is one of the four children that travel into Narnia. He is…

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    Thus C. S. Lewis (1950) describes Aslan in his classic tale, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” At the end of the story, Mr. Beaver tells Lucy, “He’s wild, you know. Not like a tame lion” (p. 182). Lewis’s description of Aslan conveys both positive and negative notions. What was Lewis attempting to communicate and can Aslan, in this way, bee seen as a figure of Christ? I have often wondered what Lewis truly meant when he gave these words to Mr. Beaver. On one hand, I appreciate them. The…

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    In The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe C.S Lewis explores a change in the moral order of Narnia, and this relates to the overarching theme of religion that exist within the novel. In Narnia, Aslan is the creator and protector, but the wicked white witch takes over and the citizens of Narnia now call her the Queen. Lewis based the novel on events that occur in the bible, while adding a mystical twist. Aslan knows that Edmund is not aware of the laws of Narnia, so he scarified himself to the witch…

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    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…

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    In my opinion, the aninmal that is most likely me is maybe a lion. They are mostly mellow and chilled untill somebody/something comes onto their property or if they need something for survival. That is almost exactly like me. I wont start fights or anything untill if it is needed for my protection and/or my family's. I will be relaxing all day untill something is need, then i will get up and do whatever needs to be done. One day, a weird old man came running into a man in an alley-way. The…

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    appropriate practices was a miracle in itself. Moving onto the second story, “The Lion and the Mouse”, there were also multiple differences in the actions taken. For example, the way the situation was set up, with the mouse stepping over the lion’s mane and getting captured in his paw, to the lion being captured by a snare by hunters. Also, although the mouse acted compassionately and immediate in assisting the lion, the lion more reluctantly ridiculed the idea and simply let the mouse go at a…

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    that someone lays down with lions! These two stories are about lions. In Attack of the Man Eaters written by Lauren Tarshis, Colonel Patterson and a group of workers were building a rail road through lions territory and the lions were hungry, so they were killing workers and Colonel Patterson went out to hunt the lions. In the Lion Whisperer written by Susan Orlean lions that were being raised as babies in a petting zoo were being killed, going to circuses, and going to lion breeders. Some of…

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    called Sabre-toothed Tigers or Sabre-toothed Lions they where extinct 55 million to 11,700 years ago. Sabre-tooth Cats were carnivores named for the elongated blade like canine teeth in their upper jaw, which in some species were up to 50cm long. Quite bear-like in build, they were believed to be excellent hunters and hunted animals such as sloths and mammoths. These felines could open their jaws at an angle of 120 degrees – almost twice as wide as a modern lion. It is thought the Sabre-tooth…

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    Is about how these two lions, and how they killed 75 men. In the other story it talked about how a man named Richardson, was able to be with grown lions and live. There is a man that can take lions for walk’s. In the pitcher he is playing with a lot of lions . “One morning Richardson hugged a lion , and answered his phone.”The two righters who wrote thees is Lauren Tarshis and Susan Orlean . The similarities between the stories Attack Of The Man Eaters and The Lion Whisper, are that both…

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    The lion is known as king of the jungle. Lions commonly found in Africa, from Europe to Iran, and India. Nowadays, lions currently exist in Africa and India. African lions are called as Panthera Leo. Sometime they are called big cats of wild. There is one interesting fact about lion is that “both male and female lions roar, and that roar can be heard over five miles away” (qtd. in “Basic Facts about Lions”). The Tree Life of Web Project states, “Lions belong to the genus Panthera which contains…

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