Aslan

allegories in many of novels but especially in The Chronicles of Narnia series. Throughout The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe we see many situations in which Aslan is representative of Jesus Christ. From the other characters’ descriptions of him, to the Pevensie children’s first encounter with him, to his torture, death and resurrection, Aslan is clearly meant to serve as the Jesus Christ of an alternate universe. He is the one who saves Narnia from the cold tyranny of Jadis and brings together the

meet the lion, Aslan, who is symbolic of Jesus due to his nomadic nature and enigma of personality traits. The White Witch is indicative of the devil because of her portrayed evil attributes and her tempting some from the path of good. Aslan’s death on the stone slab is representative of Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross. Various literature critics elaborate on these instances of religious overlap. Within The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lewis exemplifies the lion, Aslan, as Jesus Christ

When the Aslan goes to meet his certain death at the hand of the Witch, the narrator refuses to give a description of some of the creatures present for fear "the grownups would probably not let [children] read this book..." (165). This technique establishes a

except to find Aslan and met him at the stone table to save the Narnia. The Edmund get selfish and means and rush to the witch to warn her from the Aslan and their siblings. The other three peter, Susan and Lucy moved on to find Aslan when they found that Edmund disappear in the way to find Aslan the meet with Santa clause who gifts to each of them. On the other side the witch with their forces come to kill the

to show the world Heaven and God; the worlds creator. Lewis wished to tell society the Christian story, in which he believed, in hopes to maybe change the hearts of those who have a blind eye towards this religion. In Narnia there is a ruler named Aslan who is this lands God, portrayed as a lion. In the Bible it talks of God as a lion such as it does in the book of Psalms 58:6. “O God, Shatter their teeth in their mouth; break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord” (The Holy Bible 523). Within

good and evil. Just as God in the Christian bible existed at the creation of the world, Aslan is described in the book as this air of hope and good that has been around since the beginning of time and will be around forever. “ ‘I have come’ said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with

In the Chronicles of Narnia he he unrolls the concepts of the tri-lemma by using the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In the movie a single-line portrayal of God comes right when the siblings are in the Beaver's dam. Lucy inquires as to whether Aslan is protected, and Beaver answers, "Safe? Obviously he isn't! . . . In any case, but he's good." Another line comes when Lucy's sibling approaches their uncle about Lucy's peculiar belief in Narnia. After they concede that she has never been known to

characters in this story: Aslan- a lion, Edmund - a little boy, The

convey messages of sacrifice, resurrection, and Christianity. Lewis uses the archetype of good vs evil and an archetype of confession to convey to his readers Christianity in the novel. In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; the White Witch and Aslan are characters representing an archetype of good vs evil. The book is a representation of the Bible, but as

Response 5: What character or characters do you dislike and why? I have to say I strongly dislike the Jadis, the witch, She reminds me of Satan. When we began to first read the book, I was never fond of Jadis, I disliked her because she had killed everyone in the world of Charn because her sister would not give up the crown(pg.70-71). My distaste for Jadis grew when Digory saw her inside the garden over the golden gates, as she tempted Digory it reminded me of when Satan had tempted Eve. Satan