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    The character Aslan in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is definitely a Christ figure. Sacrificing his own life for Edmund’s because he knows that Narnia needs him to prosper, the great lion is bound, shaved, and executed on the Stone Table when the Witch stabs him in the side (1, 3, and 18). Of course, the character gives guidance to the four Pevensie children and forgives them and the other Narnians of their mistakes (4 and 17). Obviously, as this Christ

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    Going through Narnia changed the children for the better. No character’s transformation was more drastic than Edmund. His character progression is one of a rotten mean child. Through witness cruel actions he realizes the error of his ways. By the end of the story he has become a hero who fights with Aslan and his family. Edmund matures more than any other character over the course of the novel. When the audience is first introduced to Edmund he is spiteful and stubborn. One example is when

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    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis, 1978) is a story about four children who discover a magical wardrobe that transports them to a magical land called Narnia. In Narnia, there is an ongoing battle between Aslan and the White Witch. The children are supposed to fulfill a prophecy that states, “When Adam's flesh and Adam's bone, Sits at Cair Paravel in throne, The evil time will be over and done.” The Pevensie children become a threat to the White Witch and she will

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    Different works may have different binary oppositions than Cixous already mentioned in her essay, but the principle is that in patriarchal binary thought the male is always the winner (147). The writer finds another opposition but has not mentioned by Cixous, it is “forgiveness and banishment”. In the novels, Lewis implies inequality of gender which always defends the male characters, just like Cixous states that male always the victor (147). Lewis more to give special treatment to male and more

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    The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Religious Education: Conscience & Morality | By Ehi Oyugbo "We all make choices; sometimes those choices have negative consequences." Humans are capable of making their own decisions which can often have positive or negative consequences on both themselves and others. Every day we face decisions about what to eat, what to wear and how to use our time. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis tells a story of forgiveness, bravery, self-sacrifice and

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    As any good book that has been made into a movie, there are several differences between C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe book and the movie. Some of the parts of the story discussed will show some of the differences between the book and the movie and how this relates to Christianity. In my opinion, I prefer the book over the movie as I think it better represents how the story relates to Christianity, but I also enjoy the movie as it gives a visual representation of following Christ

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    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe written by C. S. Lewis is a film adaptation of a fairly fantasy tale. It shows exciting adventures of four English children – Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan - who found the magical land of Narnia by way of a wardrobe that they found out in the house of elderly professor where they were sent by their mother. The scene in the book stats with Peter’s proposal to explore in the house to pass the time during a rainy day. Everyone agreed

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    Section 1F 1. Define parallel editing, montage sequence, and master shot, using Nichols. Give an example of parallel editing that you notice in The Terminator. a. Parallel editing is method of editing scenes that shows two separate incidents happening at once. In The Terminator, this editing method was used when, after calling Sarah Conner pretending to be her mom, the terminator comes to the hotel that she and Kyle were staying at. During this scene, the scene where Sarah Conner and Kyle are

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    “The Elephant Vanishes” Analysis “The Elephant Vanishes” is an old Japanese short story that was published in 1993. It was written by an intelligent Japanese author named Murakami Haruki. He is a well-respected writer, who wrote this story by using a clear and calm tone. He uses this technique to develop his theme of unbalance that mixes with reality with a fictional plot. To develop the theme, Haruki creates a strong narrator, who tries to maintain his sanity from feeling unbalance. However, when

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    This media plays a very important role within the communication and giving enough information to its listeners, viewers and readers all around the world. There are forms of communication that relayed by the media is provided by the film where most films are produced to connect to those viewers who watch them. The messages these films offer can either be negative and positive; even though there may result in people acquiring certain trends or even stopping the performance of particular activities

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