Cs Lewis Master Storyteller Analysis

In the biography C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller by Janet and Geoff Benge, several moments and images are portrayed showing vitality in their writing. Countless experiences aided to the changes that took place in C.S. Lewis’s life, and each affair displayed vital conceptions which illustrated clever pictures for one’s mind. From the deaths in his family and even being thrown into the heat of the battlefield, like in World War 1, one could feel as if they were experiencing the battle themselves. For example one scene is describing Lewis while he watched several men dying from either side trying to gain a portion of no-man’s land (Benge & Benge, 2007, p. 58), the scene is depicted being littered with dead bodies and barbed wire surrounding deep trenches of the battle.

“As Jack looked frantically over at Sergeant Ayers, who was advancing beside him, he heard an ear-shattering boom and saw a bright flash, and then Jack’s world went blank and silent. Jack fell face first into the dirt.” Lewis (Benge & Benge, 2007, p. 61). The descriptive scenes of the battle show the reader harsh and dire situations which affected the soldiers, one would understand what it would be like to experience a first hand battle. The characters portrayed in the story seem to come to life and one can share the experiences that the characters are having in the given moment. C.S. Lewis was a very relatable man and the way he is depicted in this book shows that he was a very intelligent man and he too struggled with many conflicts throughout his lifetime. When Lewis started writing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe many of his friends thought that his story was too childish and would not capture the eye of any adult readers, “Finally a letter from Geoffrey Bles