A Walk Through Narnia

Like most movies based on novels, there are some major differences between the written and the theatrical versions of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

There are also many similarities, or else it wouldn't be The Chronicles of Narnia. The similarities and differences can be due to artistic differences for instance how one person interprets something may not be how another interprets it, budget reasonings, or it may just simply have to do with a time line of the filming. Seeing as a majority of films are not made by the author of the book, it can be extremely hard for a director and movie writer to completely capture the book on film. Another thing that could make it hard to transcribe the book to film is the fact that the book was published in 1950 where the movie was released in 2005 (IMBd).

Just who is the author of this magnificent book? Clive Staples Lewis was born in 1898 and raised in Belfast, Ireland, where he enjoyed being imaginative, creating worlds of talking animals, much like that of Narnia. When Lewis was in his forties and fifties he became an extremely popular writer and renowned scholar and critic (Bell 12). Lewis was born to a Protestant family though around age fifteen he abandon his faith and become an atheist. At age 31 Lewis, with the encouragement of friends, accepted God back into this heart. Lewis attended University College, Oxford in 1916 during World War I. Since Lewis was of Irish decent he was exempt from the draft but enlisted anyway. After returning from the army in 1918 Lewis returned to his schooling and work. Lewis taught at the Magdalen College, Oxford for nearly 30 years, and was the first professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at th...

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...to any other child reading the book though the movie makes it seem as though the whole thing was a fairytale, other than just Narnia itself. Some characters also just didn't live up to their full potential for instance, Susan's character in the book is brave and courageous and in the movie she doesn't act all that brave or courageous at all.

Works Cited

Bell, Robert H. “Inside the Wardrobe.” Commweal 132.22 (2005): 12-14 Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web 3 Feb. 2011.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) – IMDb."The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Web. 12 Mar. 2011. .

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Dir. Andrew Adamson. Walt Disney, 2005.

Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. New York: Scholastics 1950. Print.