Narnia Essays

  • Narnia - A Review

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    first of the Narnia series to be published. Released in 1950, it has World War Two as its historical backdrop. The story is centred around four British wartime children, who are evacuated to the country due to the conflict. They go to stay in a large house in the country with an eccentric professor. The youngest child, Lucy, stumbles across the land of Narnia accidentally whilst playing hide and seek. She there encounters a fawn, who tells her about an evil White Witch that rules Narnia. Upon her

  • Narnia

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    Morality is a driving force in many of the most successful literary works. Morality dictates human actions, and in a literary case, allows a reader to relate to a character. C.S. Lewis employs morality throughout the Chronicles of Narnia as a means to rally the reader behind a character. He is able to pull at the heartstrings of his audience and in doing so successfully entices them to celebrate in the children’s victories and scoff at the Witches cruelty. Lewis did not intend for The Lion, The

  • The Chronicles of Narnia

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    Narnia....a land of fantasy and adventure where magic and a Great Lion prevail. A land where so many people wish to be, a land from start to finish in The Chronicles of Narnia. Seven books written by Clive Staples Lewis have proven to be the most enchanting and mesmerizing books of all time. Pure beauty and amazing imagery allows the reader to become an explorer of Narnia and take part in the fascinating adventures bound to happen. Readers become one with the pages, not wanting to put the book down

  • Myth of Narnia

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    pieces of writing from Jesus’s disciples about all of his teachings. However, to others, the bible, Jesus, and the Lord are considered a myth. One Christian believer named C. S. Lewis, is most well known for his famous novel series, The Chronicle of Narnia. When someone reads the book series or watches the movies, they may just see a magnificent fantasy world full of mystical creatures and war. The series may be seen as having no real purpose of being created other than to entertain the audience. However

  • Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia

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    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 using fiction to open

  • Children in the Chronicles of Narnia

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    The Seven Chronicles of Narnia written by C.S. Lewis have, in their short life, become a classic on library and literature shelves for both young and old alike. The first of the seven books was recently made into a popular TV movie a couple of years ago entitled, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. The chronicles are, at heart, adventure stories. They record the marvelous and often scary episodes of a small group of youngsters who enter the mystical world of Narnia when they walk through a

  • Chronicles Of Narnia Analysis

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    Many people believe that Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’s storyline and plot are based off of a Christian-based allegory; however, it is not. With the early childhood and teenage years of C.S. Lewis, the author of Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the story could be a reflection of his life. Lewis also had a fascination with mythology, which plays a key role in the making of the characters. Many think that Lewis’s Christian conversion is what

  • Christian Allegory In Narnia

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    Chronicles of Narnia has enriched the lives of children of all ages for over half a century. C. S. Lewis revealed the origination of his "Masterpiece of Christian Allegory.”  "The whole Narnian story is about Christ. That is to say, I asked myself ‘Supposing that there really was a world like Narnia and supposing it had (like our world) gone wrong and supposing Christ wanted to go into that world and save it (as He did ours), what might have happened?’ The stories are my answers. Since Narnia is a world

  • Essay On Narnia Allegory

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    Regardless of C.S Lewis’ attempt to argue that The Chronicles of Narnia is simply a “supposal” it is clearly a Christian Allegory. Throughout all 7 books there are parallels to the stories in The Bible, and only a few times does Lewis even attempt to change small details. Even with these small changes in details it is still shockingly obvious that The Chronicles of Narnia is an allegory. Some books have less allegorical references to The Bible than others, but in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

  • Allegory In The Chronicles Of Narnia

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    Chronicles of Narnia. In The Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis utilizes the understandings of Augustine as well as his own understandings of myths to help better explain concepts of Christianity for younger generations. Despite C.S. Lewis’s claims, The Chronicles of Narnia qualifies as an allegory due to the way the characters and events in the book series are portrayed similar to those in biblical text. The presence of the Christian allegory becomes more and more apparent as The Chronicles of Narnia series

  • The Chronicles of Narnia

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    CS Lewis was a Christian author who used his imagination to both entertain and inspire. The film 'The Chronicles of Narnia', produced by Mark Johnson and Philip Stuer, is a cinematic adaptation of the book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The book is the first in a series of seven books Lewis wrote titled The Chronicles of Narnia. The movie has a very strong alignment with the Bible, some of the ways this is conveyed are: through the use of plot, set design, symbolism, characters and the way

  • Narnia Wardrobe

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    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion. The Witch and the Wardrobe This story’s told from the viewpoint of mostly lucy, but also from edmund,susan, and peters point of view. The Setting of the story takes place in the land of narnia and also in a large country home, where they were shipped off to, because of the german bombs  that were dropped in World War II. In this book, once lucy stumbles upon this magic wardrobe while playing hide and go seek the reader meets a faun, whose name’s Mr.tumnus one

  • The Chronicles Of Narnia: Book Report

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    The Chronicles of Narnia: Book Report Digory and Polly were good friends. They both lived in England for all of their lives. One day they were playing when Polly wanted to show Digory her secret place. It was up in her attic. She hid many things there. She hid fruits and snacks to eat and a lot of other stuff to. Digory noticed a door across the attic. Back then the houses were connected together and they thought that if they would cross the rafters and open the door they could sneak

  • The World of Narnia: Allegory or Fairy Tale

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    Religion influences every aspect of a true devotee’s life. After the year 1931, C.S. Lewis was a devoted Christian and member of the Church of England. This means his faith when he wrote The Chronicles of Narnia was influential in what went into the writing of these stories. This influence was noticeable throughout all of the books in this series however it does not make the story automatically anything more then a great story. There are several basics of the Christian faith that C.S. Lewis believed

  • The Chronicles of Narnia and The Bible

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    throughout time. In many cases authors use fiction to make political commentary, use stories to bring out the major flaws that society has, as well as a way to spread different types of beliefs or ideals. C.S. Lewis’s used his work, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, to reiterate the messages of the Bible to those who might have gotten lost during their lifetime. Though his whole series was full of connections the book that have the most prevalent connections are The Magician’s Nephew and The Lion, the Witch

  • Religion In The Chronicles Of Narnia

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    fantasies of being there can be quite hard to relate to. One that relates to me is Chronicles of Narnia, not only because of the fantasy part how C.S Lewis made Christianity more welcoming to non-believers C.S Lewis the writer of the series of Chronical of Narnia takes a surprising approach to this belief that seeing is believing. With the adaptations made from the novel to the big screen of Chronicles of Narnia the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Paul Stones (1988) and Andrews Adamson’s (2005) versions

  • The Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

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    Dawn of Time, untold prophecies, mighty rulers, an evil queen, MAGIC, do you believe this could all exist? The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis Is one of seven parts of the epic adventures of four children who enter a totally different world, by accident. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, one day find themselves in a place called Narnia ruled by and evil witch. They embark on a journey to right the wrongs of the witch. In their quest they come along some unexpected

  • Essay Similarities Between Narnia And Harry Potter

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    The Chronical of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone Introduction: The Chronicales of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Narnia) and Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone (Harry Potter) share the genres of fantasy and adventure. The movies, Narnia and Harry Potter target both children and adults. Children are targeted as the child protagonist in both movies uses imagination to fantasise about magical worlds and can do magical things

  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis

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    C.S Lewis is the author of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Warrdrobe. Lewis was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland. He was born Clive Staples Lewis to Flora August Hamilton Lewis and Albert J. Lewis. Lewis’s mother passed away when he was on ten years old. After his mother died he went on to get his pre-college education at boarding schools and he also received help from a tutor. Lewis served in World War I with the English Army, but unfortunately was sent home

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: the Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

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    downfall. C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series is no exception, and although it is home for countless different villains, one seems to rise above the rest, and her name is mentioned in whispers throughout the entire series after her appearance in the first book. The White Queen is first spoken of in the first book of the series, The Magician’s Nephew when lost adventurers Polly and Diggory find her in her home world of Charn, where she is known as Jadis. She ultimately follows them into Narnia, where she begins