Thursday, October 21, 2010

Appreciation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

When I first read this book in fifth grade I only liked how the author C.S.Lewis wrote about the plot and adventure and the plot of this book. When I first read how Edmund betrayed the others when he joined forces with the White Witch. I was shocked but then I realized that the author thought of this plot of how people can do anything for food and for what they want. But when I read it again in the eight grade then I realized the themes in the book and how the author planned them out in the book so the audience can enjoy figuring them out and what they each stand for. One of the themes is good and bad which is throughout the book. The other theme in this book is Christianity.
I like the book because the author C.S. Lewis puts in many examples of bad and good throughout the book. The characters in the book each represent good and bad it to his second topic which is Christianity. Aslan sacrificed himself in order to get the White Witch to pardon Edmund for his sins. In the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe how the monsters and the White Witch didn't care about Aslan dieing because they knew that they couldn't defeat him even if they tried. Aslan could have done something to save himself from the monsters and is the son of god. That shows that he wanted to save what was really precious to him and would sacrifice himself in order to protect them.
The author shows another topic in the book which is Christianity. Each character in the lion, the witch and the wardrobe each represent a character in Christianity. Aslan represents Jesus Christ who sacrificed himself in order for god to pardon the humans sins. The white witch represents Satan who is like the devil according to Christianity. The White Witch can take any traitors life because she is the emperors hang man who is like the demon. I liked how the author showed that the White Witch is the same as the four Pevensie Children because they had the same father according to what the beaver said. But they had different mothers. The Pevensie kids had Eve who was Adams second wife as their mother who was a human and the White Witch had Lilith who was Adams first wife but was a demon. This shows that the people of Narnia because they were human and they didn't like the White Witch because she wasn't human but part demon.
The people of Narnia didn't want to accept the White Witch because she was a different blood from humans. The White Witch was not accepted after a long time but when the four Pevensie kids came for the first time they were accepted because they were human. That shows that the people of Narnia base if people are good or good by their parents. The kids didn't care about the White Witch who is kind of similar to them because of their father. The kids only paid attention to themselves. The White Witch was born unlucky.            

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