Christianity In The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

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Christianity in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” C.S. Lewis has focused on religious writing and uses his fairy tales to teach his lessons. C.S. Lewis created a story of a fictional world called Narnia that was inside of a wardrobe. There were four siblings, Edmund, Peter, Susan, and Lucy. Lucy was the one who discovered this magical place, but once she told the rest nobody believed her, Edmund even made fun of her for having such a ridiculous thought. While exploring their new house they found this world that was in the wardrobe unlike anything they have ever seen before. They saw numerous creatures that did not exist in the real world like centaurs, but yet it all seemed so real. There were a few different creatures that symbolized …show more content…

Lewis have focused on him being a religious writer and how his teaching were presented through fairy tales” (Schakel). C.S. Lewis used a book about a fictional place called Narnia to tell people about the Gospel. He used witches, lions, and even people to symbolize people in the Bible. He even takes stories straight from the Bible, but just replaces names to show the same message from a different perspective. Like the story of Judas when he betrayed Jesus, he used the characters like Edmund and the witch to take the roles of the Biblical characters. This as a young Christian can more throughly get the point across another way instead of trying to read just the Bible and try to understand word for word the meaning. The symbolism used in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe though the characters of the Aslan, White Witch, and Edmund are very helpful at helping one understand the Bible’s meaning. This means that not only can you read the Bible to see what Satan and Jesus are like but you can read this book and have another look on how Jesus works in mysterious way and preforms miracles in a magical world. Aslan represented Jesus through miracles, defeating Satan, and even being resurrected after being humiliated and executed. The White Witch symbolized Satan in numerous ways, but the way that was more prominent was that she was cruel and merciless in every aspect. She tempted young Edmund into betraying his own siblings. Edmund symbolizes Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper, one because he betrays those close to him, and two because he was easily tempted by a greater evil. Though C.S. Lewis was a fictional writer his stories in this book had all allegorical meaning to them that related to the Bible. As stated previously, the main message of this book was the meaning of the Gospel in the eyes of C.S.

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