Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Before Christmas we watched the movie Narnia: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. Narnia is a very good movie and it is based on a book by C.S. Lewis.

In the beginning of the movie we find ourselves in England during World War 1. This is where we meet the four children who are the main characters in the movie. The names of these children are Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy and they are siblings. Because of the war they are evacuated to the country where they live with a professor and his housekeeper. It is in this house they find the wardrobe that leads them to another world named Narnia.

The movie is mainly a movie about family, war and good vs. evil. In Narnia the children becomes the front figures of a great war between the creatures of Narnia and the white witch. Like I said I think Narnia is a very good movie

The author of Narnia C.S. Lewis was born in 1898 and died in 1963. He was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. C.S. Lewis is probably most known for “the Chronicles of Narnia” which consists of seven books and as of yet three movies. The fact that the books about Narnia take place during World War 1 is not a coincidence. C.S. Lewis lived during World War 1 and in 1917 he left his studies and volunteered in the British army.

Not everybody knows of C.S. Lewis long friendship with, who I believe to be one of the greatest authors ever, J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien has written a lot of books, but he is most famous for his awesome trilogy “Lord of the Rings”. C.S. Lewis and Tolkien both taught at Oxford University and shared an interest for literature. Furthermore, Tolkien influenced Lewis to become a Christian and Lewis helped Tolkien expand his fictional writing.    

C.S Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien also had some serious disagreements, especially concerning Lewis’ Narnia books. Tolkien thought that they held too many obvious Christian symbols and messages. He believed that it became too much for the reader. An example of a Christian message in Narnia: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe is Aslan sacrificing himself on the stone table. Aslan is a lion, and a lion is a commonly used symbol for Christ. With this in mind the scene where Aslan sacrifices himself is a symbol for Christ who sacrificed his life and was resurrected for a final battle against evil.