Friday, June 13, 2008

The Chronicles of Narnia Book 2: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe


Have you read Book I of the Narnia Series? Well, I just finished reading Book Two of the C.S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and I must say, it has captivated and motivated me to read the whole series now more than ever. We all have seen the movie in the past with all its fantastic special effects and computer graphics. But having read it at this time gave me a whole different view to it (or perhaps, I just didn't see it before). I know in the movie, the death and resurrection of Aslan sort of conveyed a "Christian" point of view to it, pertaining to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, as I went through the details of the story, it really depicted A LOT of Christ-like behavior and scenes as told in The New Testament of the Catholic Bible. Like the time when Aslan was in deep sorrow prior to his captivity, letting the daughters of Eve (Susan and Lucy) come with him the night before his death but only up to a certain point, afterwhich, he was left alone (felt like the scene in the Garden of Gethsemane); and that time when Aslan willingly surrendered himself to the  White Witch (like when Jesus willingly surrendered himself to the Roman soldiers); and when the Stone Table was broken signaling Aslan's resurrection (same way the stone door of Jesus' tomb opened on the day he resurrected); and lastly, how about the feast they had right after the battle... where did all the food and drinks come from? Didn't it portray some of Jesus' miracles like the feeding of people with bread and fish and the miracle of the wine? Hmmm...


There are a lot of lessons children (and adults for that matter) can learn in this fiction novel. Like simply never trusting a stranger and always following one's logic. Bravery and self-sacrifice are also some of the other noble values you can get from reading this book.


I wonder what was C.S. Lewis really thinking when he wrote this piece of literature? Was it to indoctrinate kids about Christianity in the form of fiction and fairy tales? Did he really mean to copy the story of Christ? Or did it just happen and I'm just reading too much into it? Anyway, no time to answer these questions now. I need to finish Book III and hopefully Book IV too before I go watch Prince Caspian this weekend. Happy Weekend, folks!

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