C. S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

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Themes of C.S. Lewis; The Lion, The witch, And the Wardrobe In the book of Narnia (The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe) many themes can be found, Themes such as; Heroism, Good vs. Evil, and Christianity. The main focus is; the three themes, Heroism, Good vs. Evil, and Christianity, and how does the book contain the themes? Most of the themes can be seen or spoken by the characters themselves. The themes will be identified through quotes found directly from the book and, from outside sources. “”But I should be right in thinking you are a daughter of Eve?” This quote from Mr.Tumnus applies to the Christian religion. Since in Christianity, the first humans were Adam and Eve. All humans in the world of Narnia are Children of Adam and Eve; therefore this shows that Christianity plays a big role in the book. ( “sons of Adam) (specifically Edmund”) http://www.gotquestions.org/Narnia_Lion-Witch-Wardrobe.html) “She’s a horrible witch, the White Witch. Everyone-all the wood people- hate her. She has made an enchantment over the whole country so that it is always winter here and never Christmas.” Now this quote from one of the characters (Lucy) describes the evil act of a Witch, who has made winter forever and no Christmas. Now no Christmas… that’s pretty evil in my opinion. Not just that but also …show more content…

Your father’s first wife, her they called Jinn. That’s what she comes from on one side. And on the other she comes from giants. No, no there isn’t a drop of real human blood in the witch.” Again a theme of Christianity. The witch is half giant and half of a woman who committed adultery, which in the Bible adultery is a sin. Also, giants were evil being in the bible, strong brutes that would kill and frighten people. All in all, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe presents the gospel in a powerful way that children can relate to, and adults can still learn from.(

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