“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was published by C.S. Lewis in 1950. C.S. Lewis was originally born as Clive Staple Lewis in 1898 to Flora August Hamilton Lewis and Albert J. Lewis. He grew up in Belfast, Ireland with his older brother Warren Lewis. At age 10 his mother died and went on to receive education from boarding schools and tutors, at this time he began losing faith in God and slowly began turning to atheism. During World War I, he served for the British Army, but was sent home early due to being wounded. After the war, he graduated from Oxford University with a degree in literature and philosophy. He began working at Magdalen College in 1925 where he joined a group called the Inklings …show more content…
The Witch has decided to murder Edmund to prevent fulfillment of the prophecy. Just before she goes through with her, Edmund is rescued by some of Aslan's guards. The Witch goes to see Aslan under a flag of truce and demands her right to Edmund's blood, citing the law, which gives her control over all traitors. Aslan comes to a private agreement with the Witch and she renounces her claim on Edmund. Depressed and subdued after this meeting, Aslan orders his people to move their camp away from the Stone Table. There he is crucified and Lucy and Susan witness it, but in the morning, a loud noise and the Stone table breaks in half and Aslan awakens from the dead. This is because he was innocent and the law stated that innocent victims would be resurrected for their sacrifice. Aslan is able to reverse the effects of the Witch's magic wand, turning many people and creatures from stone statues back into themselves. Aslan and the girls return to the others, where they find Peter and Edmund fighting a losing battle against the Witch and all the people he returned back to normal helped them fight back against the Witch and Aslan kills the Witch. After the Witch is gone, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are crowned the Queens and Kings of Narnia, fulfilling the prophecy. One day, while hunting a stag, the siblings find a lamppost in the woods. They begin to remember their lives in England, and as they go further into the woods, they find themselves back in the wardrobe, and then back in the country house. No time has passed in England since they first entered Narnia together, and they are children again (Lewis, 1950).
The setting of this book is mainly in Narnia but in different parts of Narnia. The point of view is in third person omniscient. The narrator is not in the actual story, but it gives us a bird's eye view of the whole story. The main theme in this story would be sacrifice and redemption.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was published by C.S. Lewis in 1950. C.S. Lewis was originally born as Clive Staple Lewis in 1898 to Flora August Hamilton Lewis and Albert J. Lewis. He grew up in Belfast, Ireland with his older brother Warren Lewis. At age 10 his mother died and went on to receive education from boarding schools and tutors, at this time he began losing faith in God and slowly began turning to atheism. During World War I, he served for the British Army, but was sent home early due to being wounded. After the war, he graduated from Oxford University with a degree in literature and philosophy. He began working at Magdalen College in 1925 where he joined a group called the Inklings …show more content…
The Witch has decided to murder Edmund to prevent fulfillment of the prophecy. Just before she goes through with her, Edmund is rescued by some of Aslan's guards. The Witch goes to see Aslan under a flag of truce and demands her right to Edmund's blood, citing the law, which gives her control over all traitors. Aslan comes to a private agreement with the Witch and she renounces her claim on Edmund. Depressed and subdued after this meeting, Aslan orders his people to move their camp away from the Stone Table. There he is crucified and Lucy and Susan witness it, but in the morning, a loud noise and the Stone table breaks in half and Aslan awakens from the dead. This is because he was innocent and the law stated that innocent victims would be resurrected for their sacrifice. Aslan is able to reverse the effects of the Witch's magic wand, turning many people and creatures from stone statues back into themselves. Aslan and the girls return to the others, where they find Peter and Edmund fighting a losing battle against the Witch and all the people he returned back to normal helped them fight back against the Witch and Aslan kills the Witch. After the Witch is gone, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are crowned the Queens and Kings of Narnia, fulfilling the prophecy. One day, while hunting a stag, the siblings find a lamppost in the woods. They begin to remember their lives in England, and as they go further into the woods, they find themselves back in the wardrobe, and then back in the country house. No time has passed in England since they first entered Narnia together, and they are children again (Lewis, 1950).
The setting of this book is mainly in Narnia but in different parts of Narnia. The point of view is in third person omniscient. The narrator is not in the actual story, but it gives us a bird's eye view of the whole story. The main theme in this story would be sacrifice and redemption.