"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

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This paper discusses and analyzes the book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" written by C. S. Lewis. Specifically, the paper explores the novel as a book rooted in the New Testament, as well as being a product of Lewis' personal interpretation of spiritual truth. The paper contends that Lewis himself acknowledged that he wrote this series as a way to teach children quite painlessly about Christianity and the scriptures. The paper examines how the teachings of the New Testament are rooted in this work, as well as Lewis' own personal interpretation of spiritualism and the spiritual truth of the Gospel. The paper claims that Lewis wanted to create a whimsical land for children to explore their own ideas about faith and spirituality, gently guiding them along the way.

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"The story revolves around the four Pevensie children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Their parents send them to live in the relatively safer English countryside during World War II. They live with a quaint old Professor Kirke who has a large and highly exciting house that the children explore on a rainy day. Lucy is the youngest, and she explores an enormous wardrobe they discover in an otherwise empty room. Inside the huge wardrobe, Lucy is transported to the magical world of Narnia, where it is always winter in a wooded forest. On her first visit, she meets a Faun named Tumnus, and the tone of the book is immediately set. The Faun hesitantly asks Lucy, "'Excuse me - I don't want to be inquisitive - but should I be right in thinking that you are a daughter of Eve?'" (Lewis 11). Immediately, this charming story becomes more than simply a children's tale."

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