The Last Battle Analysis

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Death can be seen as a positive aspect of one life or a negative aspect, but according to christian beliefs and morals, it is a negative aspect when supported and analyzed with the Bible, Bioethics, and The Last Battle. The Bible provides us with key ideas to think about such as the idea of who gave us the gift of living and what makes us value it so much. The Bible in theory tries to help us capture the the image that death is meant to be natural in whenever length of time it needs, since in theory time is absurd. Bioethics teaches us that death makes it harder for god to look at you as human because you are rejecting life. This books also explains that as a human you are given immense amounts of freedom but with that freedom you have to look out for yourself and other with the decisions you make. The Last Battle helps us see death in two lights through the character Shift. Shift ultimately destroys the the precious life of others and manipulates the outcome to achieve power for himself. This shows people's’ selfish side using …show more content…

Through the character Shift(Monkey/Ape), we see him inflicted death on others as well as himself and the negative outcomes that come about through death.
“Then the Cat was to come out and say he'd seen their beastly Tashlan and pretend to be frightened so as to scare the other Animals. But what Shift never guessed was that the real Tash would turn up; so Ginger came out really frightened. And after that, Shift would send in anyone he wanted to get rid of and the sentry would kill them”( C.S Lewis 726)
In the end he had no problem murdering the animals and selling them into slavery to increase his own wealth and power
“"After that," said Edmund, "Someone flung a monkey through the door. And Tash was there again. My sister is so tender-hearted she doesn't like to tell you that Tash made one peck and the Monkey was gone” ( C.S Lewis

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