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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Christianity Elements in The Chronicles of Narnia

Hi, I have read all the seven books of The Chronicles of Narnia1 which consists of:
  1. The Magician's Nephew
  2. The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
  3. The Horse & His Boy
  4. Prince Caspian
  5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  6. The Silver Chair
  7. The Last Battle
2 books from the book, The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe & Prince Caspian has been made into movies. All these books talks about the adventures of the kingdom of Narnia and how several children were brought to Narnia by the Narnia Lion. The characters which appears the most in these books are Peter, Edmund, Susan & Lucy. They are the four kings and queens in Narnia in the 2nd book. Then in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Eustace was brought to Narnia and in the next book, Jill who was in the same school as Eustace was brought there as well. In the first book, we meet Digory and Polly. All of these characters are then reunited again in The Last Battle as the Seven Kings and Queens of Narnia. There are several Christianity elements that I've found in The Chronicles of Narnia:
  • God - the character of Aslan in the story
  • Satan - The characters of The White Witch (Book 1), King Miraz(Book 4) , The Queen of Underland (Book 6)
  • Jesus' Death and Resurrection (Jesus' Dying for our sins on our behalf) in Chapters 14 - 16 in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
  • Heaven in The Last Battle in the last chapter (Chapter 16)
  • Creation of the World / Heaven (The Magician's Nephew)
  • Temptation in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Chapters 3-4)
  • God is a God of Comfort and God who protects in The Horse & The Boy (Chapters 6 and 11)
  • God is a God who transforms people (Similar to Paul's transformation in Acts) in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chapters 6-7)
  • God is a God of Healing in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chapter 7)
  • God use the weak to make the strong in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader & The Silver Chair
Note that all of these are taken from the seven books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Please refer to the citiaton below: 1 Lewis, C.S, The Chronicles of Narnia 2001, HarperCollinsPublishers, London 2 ISBN Number: 0-00-711730-2

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