The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia are the most influential books, and movies, of my childhood. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was the first fictional world I found myself exploring. The characters were the first ones I really fell in love with, and they were the first ones I found myself crying over. One of my earliest memories is sitting on my mom’s lap before bed, listening to the story of the Pevensie siblings meeting Mr. Tumnus. We never read completely through the book, but she still managed

In the literature world today, many books have become banned. Due to “inappropriate” content, many people have had books banned in order to remove the books from public schools and libraries. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson, was removed from public schools because of the accusations of witchcraft and inappropriate language. On December 1, 1967, the Office for Intellectual Freedom was created with intent of protecting literary rights (Cho, 1). Enforcing these rights is another task of

“Triumphant Joy: Rejoicing In Loving & Serving People” Topical Sermon Cadet LeNissa Rivera Summer Assignment Sermon II Sunday, July 6, 2014   Scripture Reading (Philippians 2:1-11) Introduction (Philippians 2:1): One of my daughter’s favorite movies is Soul Surfer. Julia loves this movie. It is about a surfer named Bethany Hamilton. Bethany was only thirteen when she was attacked by a 14-foot shark off of the coast of an island in Hawaii. She lost over 60% of her blood

“For you will certainly carry out God’s purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or John (“The 100 Best C.S. Lewis Quotes”). This is a quote from the famous and well-known author, C.S Lewis. This quote could not have been more true for him throughout the entirety of his life. Lewis went from a Christian home, to an utter rejection of God, but in the end, his faith was restored. His life is not one that is well-known, which can be surprising for how popular

Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia       C. S. Lewis, a well-known author and apologist, is best known by people of all ages for his seven volume series entitled The Chronicles of Narnia. As Lewis wrote about the land of Narnia, an imaginary world visited by children of this world, he had two obvious purposes: to entertain the readers and to suggest analogies of the Christian faith. Although some feel that his stories are violent, Lewis is successful at

In literature, a foil is a person, object, or idea that is contrasted with another in order to highlight and enhance its qualities. These are great literary devises which are used to draw focus to the desired emphasis of a story. For example, in The Chronicles of Narnia, specifically The Silver Chair and The Last Battle, Jill and Eustace are foils for each other. Their personalities balance each other out which allows them to highlight each other’s strengths and weaknesses. However, they aren’t just

film was made in 2002. Enough was filmed in the United States of America and directed by Michael Apted. Director Michael Apted was born in England and he is best known for his films for The World Is Not Enough, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and the film this analysis will focus on entitled Enough. The film Enough is relevant to society because it exemplifies how spousal abuse and abuse against women is prevalent concern in society. This issue of domestic abuse can range

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe By C.S. Lewis The four childeren, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy had to stay at the home of a professor in the time of the second world war. Because there was not much to do and it rained a lot, the children decided to look around the house. They came across a room that had nothing in it, but a big wardrobe. Peter, Susan and Edmund found nothing interesting, and left the room. But Lucy opened the wardrobe, and looked inside. There were many coats in it. She left

Bildungsroman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German: "novel of formation, education, culture"),[a] novel of formation, novel of education,[2] or coming-of-age story (though it may also be known as a subset of the coming-of-age story) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),[3] in which