British Author Clive Staples Lewis, better known as C.S Lewis, was a master of literary writing and one of the most recognizable writers of the twentieth century. The Oxford educated writer wrote young adult novels, science fiction, poetry, literary criticisms and Christian theology all for which he famous for. Despite all his literary works, he is most known, much to his annoyance in his lifetime, for The Chronicles of Narnia series that tells the adventures of Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie in the land of Narnia. C.S Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series is filled with subtle Christian symbolisms and allegories such as the creation of the world, the death and the resurrection of Christ, allegories and symbolism that at first weren’t intentional on Lewis’ part, yet still cemented into the series along with influences from his childhood and Northern European mythology. …show more content…
When he was ten years old, his mother died which deeply affected him. His mother’s death also brought him closer to his older brother, with whom he would play and imagine different worlds to escape his life and pass the time. One of these imaginary worlds that the two created was named Boxen, a world with talking mice and animals. Lewis would write down his ideas for Boxen with great detail, according to Mark Bane’s essay, Myth Made Truth: The Origins of The Chronicles of Narnia, “he even plotted out his nation's steamship routes and railway timetables” (Bane). It was from these childhood story makings that Narnia would later come to