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Summary Of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

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Jacob Hannan IMPORTANT NOTE: THERE ARE MANY SPOILERS. I TRIED TO AVOID THEM, BUT WAS NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. This book’s genre is fantasy.
Plot Summary: Lucy, Edmund, Peter, and Susan are sent to a rich professor’s house in England because it is a safer place for them to be in WWII. When exploring the large house, the four come upon a room with nothing but a wardrobe in it. Peter, Susan, and Edmund think nothing of it and leave the room, but Lucy goes inside the wardrobe. When walking through it, Lucy found that the wardrobe did not end, and it lead to a magical land called Narnia. Then, Edmund comes to Narnia and meets the evil White Witch who feeds him enchanted Turkish Delights …show more content…

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Some irony from the book is that when the four Pevensies entered Narnia, they immediately found a letter that said on the bottom, “LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!” This is ironic because immediately after the Pevensies entered Narnia, they helped kill the queen. Another example of irony is that the children became frightened that they didn’t know the way back to Earth and would struggle to find their way back later but it took them until they had grown up into adults until they ever returned to Earth.
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An example of imagery in the book occurs when Lucy first enters Narnia. She meets a faun named Mr. Tumnus and enters a cave he calls home. The text says, “It was a little, dry, clean cave of reddish stone with a carpet on the floor and two little chairs,” describing Mr. Tumnus’ home. This gives the reader an image in their mind of a humble little cave that is well-suited for someone to live in. Another example of imagery occurs when the White Witch feeds Edmund some Turkish Delight. The text says, “Each piece was sweet and light to the very centre and Edmund had never tasted anything more delicious. He was quite warm now and very comfortable,” helping the reader picture eating something absolutely delicious and having that tired feeling after eating a large mean that everyone can recognize.
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One significant example of symbolism throughout The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is Aslan, the lion.

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