The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

Lewis, after Edmund Pevensie wanders into Narnia and meets the White Witch. Once she finds out that he’s one of the “Sons of Adam” mentioned in the prophecy that foretold the end of her reign, the White Witch puts on a false demeanor. She offers Edmund a hot beverage and a box of enchanted Turkish delight that makes the consumer crave it and consume it to his or her death. Edmund is the only one putting effort into this “communion,” as he is the only one eating while the White Witch is simply sitting on the sled and interrogating him. The White Witch doesn’t bond with Edmund, and Edmund fools himself into thinking that he’s become friendly with the Queen of Narnia. As such, the “communion” ultimately fails in regard to friendly bonding. However, there is an exchange of ideas: The White Witch feeds him lies about making him prince and giving him more Turkish delight, and in return, Edmund unknowingly gives her information on a traitor and promises to bring his siblings to

manipulates the rest of the animals of Narnia into believing that Puzzle is Aslan. Shift uses this opportunity to get all of Narnia to obey his orders and put himself in complete control. He fools them into serving the Calormenes and puts them in danger. King Tirian learns what

The first thing you see when you pick up the book is the brilliantly designed cover with the title, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Immediately attracting the audience, the book is opened and before the reader delves into a wonderful world of imagination and fantasy, they reach the dedication page. Many people choose to ignore dedication pages, but if the time is taken to read the message written by the author, C.S. Lewis, to his Goddaughter, the audiences’ eyes will be open to a deeper level of understanding. It reads, “My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will

The books have Christian themes and describe the adventures of a group of children who visit a magical land called Narnia. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was the first published and the most popular book of the series. Lewis is said to have stated that he wrote the novels when he wondered what it would be like if Jesus Christ was incarnated on another planet or world to save the souls of those inhabitants”.

The plots and settings of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe only further prove that Narnia is an allegory. Edmund betraying Aslan is the same as us betraying God, yet Aslan as does God, rescues Edmund and is prepared to give his life for him. Aslan knowing he has to die to give Edmund life makes a treaty with the White Witch to sacrifice his life over Edmund’s and naturally, the White Witch is overjoyed and readily agrees, forgetting the “deep magic”. Christ was who died on the cross in payment for our sins and Aslan died for Edmund. On the way to Calvary, Jesus remained silent, as did Aslan. It is said that Aslan could have killed them all with one swipe of his paws and it was said that Jesus could have killed

Later on, one child’s disloyalty to his siblings becomes a huge problem. Aslan decides to risk his own life for the boy. All in all, good overthrows evil, and the children become kings and queens of Narnia in the end (Langford). Aslan proclaims: “Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen. Bear it well, Sons of Adam! Bear it well, Daughters of Eve!” (Lewis 182). The point for Lewis to write these books was as an effort to tell children the Christian stories. He makes examples in chronological order starting with the beginning of time, moves to the death and life of Christ, and finally the end of the world. For most people in this time, when they heard about God or Christianity, they did not want to listen. Instead of giving children ordinary Bible stories, he wrote adventures. He wanted them to learn and believe, as he did, that Christianity would always be there. He filled the books with fictional animals, and

Thesis Statement: The characters and events of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe have symbolic similarities to events described in the Bible.

Aslan represents Christ. The children learn that Aslan is the king of Narnia, a magical place, visited through the wardrobe. All the children except Edmund immediately love Aslan and are awed by him. The differing reactions illustrate the idea of faith. Aslan’s purpose in life is to serve others and to obey the will

C.S. Lewis wrote The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe because he wanted to write a children’s book “as a gift for his godchild” (Palmer). It began for him with a series of pictures that came into his mind. “Lewis stated, ‘Everything began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion” (Kennedy). A fairy tale was forming in his mind and “‘At first there wasn't anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord’” (Kennedy), As the story progresses and Lewis’s characters and storyline begin to develop a seemingly clear relationship formed between The Bible and this novel. “Given Lewis’s strong Christian faith, that is not surprising. In fact, once the story was established, Lewis said he ‘...saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralysed much of my own religion in childhood’” (Kennedy.) Even though C.S. Lewis started off writing a children's novel, many people perceive it to be a novel written in parallel to the Bible. Lewis has used Biblical references and a classic storyline to prove that good will alway triumph over evil. Aslan is labeled as a divine figure in the novel; he is also known as the son of the Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea. Aslan’s death and resurrection is like that of Christ. The four children are all considered important to in the world of Narnia, but in the real world they are

C.S. Lewis’s the lion the witch and the wardrobe is one of the highest rated and top selling novels ever produced. It follows the story of four siblings; Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy (born in that order) and their journey across Narnia to fight evil. Along the way they encounter several lovable and not so lovable characters as well as deal with interpersonal problems questioning their morals that they must overcome. Although this children's fantasy novel seems like the basic story of good vs evil it actually has a lot of hidden messages and morals. While adapting The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to a picture book, the theme thought to be most prevalent and best to adapt was C.S. Lewis’s ideology; a person who succumbs to sin will never live a good and prosperous life.

The second part of the essay will explore the popular book series of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. It will also compare any apocalyptic references with the Bible; hence, linking this source to the Jehovah’s Witnesses as they use the Bible as scriptural evidence for their apocalypticism. Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. Lewis began writing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in 1939. He pauses during the Second World War resuming writing in 1948.

The theme is also a good vs. evil story and it takes place in the winter locked land of Narnia which is shown by the forces of Aslan the Lion and the four Pensive children defeating the forces of the evil White Witch. Lewis himself said that, “The Narnian books are not as much allegory as supposal. Suppose there were a Narnian world and it, like ours, needed redemption. What kind of incarnation and Passion might Christ be supposed to undergo there?" (Letter from C.S Lewis).

Aslan, then returns from the dead because he obeys the Emperor rules and follows the old traditions. Therefore he is then able to reform the “new” traditions and save Narnia from the White Witch. This is like when Jesus died for our sins and then “returned” to prove the scripture and God’s word, as said in the Bible; “The Lord has truly risen and had appeared to Simon” (Luke 24:34). “... how he was known to them was in the breaking of the bread” (Luke 24:35). When writing this

C.S Lewis has drawn upon his Christian knowledge and has embedded numerous representations of good into the text, Narnia. Aslan is the most obvious case of Lewis threading his ideology and beliefs into his work. Aslan is portrayed as a pivotal Christian role —taking the form of a lion. When it comes to the Christian view, Christ is referred to as ‘The Lion of Judah.’ Additionally, a lion is supposedly the ultimate beast, superior to all other mammals.

Lewis was struggling with leading a life that was devoted to Christ and he presented this struggle and eventual surrender to the Lord through his work. Lewis had to learn that God would also be with him and pursue even when he was sinning and running from the Lord. This continual chase and presence is mirrored through Aslan. Aslan is always with the children throughout the entirety of the novel, “They see Aslan at a distance moving across the horizon or a living image of him on the page of a book; he answers Lucy's prayer by providing help to escape from the terrors of the Dark Island; and he talks to Caspian, Lucy, and Edmund. He empowers, encourages, restrains, and guards the children, filling more of a spiritual than a physical role” (Schakel, Hidden Images of Christ in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis). Dreaming up a fantasy world full of talking animals was not a last minute invention for Lewis Walter Hooper, his editor, tells us. When asked about how he came to the idea for the series he states, “All my seven Narnia books, and my three science fiction books, began with seeing pictures in my head. At first they were not a story, just pictures. The Lion all began with a picture of a Faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself: 'Let's try to make a story about it” (Hooper 12). Narnia has been apart Lewis since he was young. Narnia is his creation and you can see his genius and heart in the lands he wrote to