C. S. Lewis Nature Vs Evil

Humanity is a cluster of infinite ideas, backgrounds, personalities and behaviors. From the first inhabitants of this earth to the modern day individual, humans are born with a basic understanding of the people they will become and the personalities they will grow into. There are infinite explanations to as to why individuals behave in certain ways, whether good or evil, but these may only be discerned with an extensive analysis on the ideas behind nature versus nurture. C.S Lewis is arguably one of the most intuitive and imaginative authors of his time provided an extensive approach through his poetry and novels on why humans, or supernatural beings, are good or evil and how these behaviors present themselves. Through a writing career that

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the reader is introduced to the Pevensie children, four young, impressionable and curious children, sent to live in the country with their uncle as the war rages on in London. The youngest of the children, Lucy, first discovers the famed wardrobe that transports her to the magical land of Narnia, a cold and desolate place that is filled with more mythical creatures then she can describe. Lucy, while young and naive, follows her instinct and, rather than deny her story of the journey into the magical land ruled by an evil queen, she fights to be believed and achieve her main goal, bringing peace to a world she has yet to uncover fully. Edmund Pevensie, the second youngest of the children, is likely not as honest and pure-hearted as Lucy, and instead falls into a trap set by the evil White witch in which he is coerced into delivering his siblings to her in exchange of the promise of the throne and his treasured Turkish Delights. Although each child is led by their personal choice, the reader is invited to analyze the behavior that led each child to their view on Narnia. Lucy follows her instinct and chooses to attempt an almost-impossible quest of bringing good to the cold, plain and evil world she discovers, while her brother, Edmund, allows himself to fall into lies, betrayal and evil, all learned behaviors that the reader quickly connect to his abrupt meeting and coercion from the evil queen. Lewis presents the idea that instinct, while not always immediately correct, is consistently formulated by good intentions, while learned behavior provides the opportunity to fall into deception, treachery and, most unwelcome, evil. “She is a perfectly terrible person, said Lucy, She calls herself the Queen of Narnia though she has no right to be queen at all, and the Dryands and Naiads and