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    think that The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe is just another fictional story about talking animals and children running around a mythical land named Narnia. The book is an allegorical piece of literature relating characters from the book to characters in the Bible. In Clive Staples Lewis’s novel‚ the author uses the symbol of the stone table and the symbol of the hero to convey to his readers the theme of Christianity in the novel. The hero represents Aslan and is an allegory to Jesus. “Aslan

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    Honors English 10 17 Apr. 2013 The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe “All stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths‚ fairy tales‚ dreams and movies” stated screenwriter Christopher Volger (“The Writers Journey”). The traditional hero quest plotline is seen anywhere

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    In various works of literature characters can undergo changes which affect them as well as those around them. An example of this can be seen in The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe‚ by C.S Lewis. The character of Edmund goes through a character transformation as his journey through Narnia progresses. At the start of the novel Lewis shows him to be a gullible‚ selfish and an uncaring person‚ especially towards his family. Yet as the book progresses‚ Edmund changes for the better and eventually becomes

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    Comparison/Contrast Essay The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Within seconds of the movie starting‚ differences are already seen between the book and the movie. Although the movie was amazing and received very good ratings‚ it is obvious that the writers chose to not make the movie resemble the book several times throughout the movie. This angered many who moved the book‚ but to the larger crowd‚ they did not really care. Both the book and the movie have great qualities in their own separate ways

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    C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe” can be seen as a spiritual allegory. The entire book has either subtle or somewhat blatant references to Christianity‚ and other religions. With references to Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection‚ Adam and Eve; it is pretty clear that Lewis intended his novel to parallel with Christian themes. But also having some elements of Paganism‚ Lewis portrays elements of the natural world and respecting it‚ much like how in the Pagan religion is about

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    In tale of The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis‚ Four siblings Peter‚ Susan‚ Edmund and Lucy are caused to leave their home‚ to go live with a Professor in the country during World War II. One rainy‚ cloudy‚ miserable day the 4 decided to do some exploring around the house by while playing hide and seek‚ and in one of the rooms Lucy finds a huge‚ grand wardrobe and decides it would be a perfect hiding spot. She suddenly steps into a mystical world called Narnia‚ Lucy tried to tell

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    English Lit. 10 October 2013 Novelist Research Report I chose to do this paper on one of my all time favorite authors‚ C.S. Lewis and one of his books‚ The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe‚ from his collection The Chronicles of Narnia. Ever since I became a Christian‚ and I read Lewis book Mere Christianity‚ I have been hooked on Lewis books. I picked up the Narnia books‚ not realizing what they were‚ but because who the author was. I have read each one of Lewis books multiple times‚ and if I

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    The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis’s first book of the Chronicles of Narnia introduces the reader to the land of Narnia. Written in the 1950’s Lewis’s inspiration to write a children story stemmed from the arrival of three children evacuated to the Lewis country home during the bombing of London by the Nazi. Within unfolding story C.S. Lewis provides childlike insights into philosophies of faith‚ compassion‚ temptation‚ redemption and

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    What I love about the The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe (TLWW) is its truly beautiful and enchanting story containing a Christian allegory. The movie falters in those moments where it robs the story of its purity and truth. As a child reading the story‚ or having it read to you‚ you are taken from an ordinary world into an extraordinary one. As Lewis wrote in his essay “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” the reader of a story like TLWW “does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted

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    “The heart is deceitful above all things”. The White Witch confirmed that quote without a doubt. Although she was a fictional character‚ along with everyone else in the book she did commit atrocious acts the still happen today. The lion‚ the Witch‚ and the wardrobe is a very intriguing novel written by C.S. Lewis. Now C.S. Lewis was an army veteran he also was very good friends with J.R.R. Tolkien they hold each other’s writings accountable that’s part of the reason this book is so mindboggling.

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