...Have you ever had to decide which of your sibling is telling the truth? In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are staying at the professor's house while World War II is happening. The youngest, Lucy, discovers a magical wardrobe in the spare room that leads her into a second world called Narnia. Returning back to the real world, none of her older siblings believe that she actually went to Narnia, including Edmund who later follows Lucy into the wardrobe and then lies about it to his two older siblings. Concerned for Lucy, Peter and Susan talk to the professor about it and they walk out more confused than ever. Although, one day Ms. McCready was giving a house tour and the four children, trying to hide from...
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...Essay: Lucy Looks Into a Wardrobe Mankind has always had a need to believe in something. Some believe in God, some in Allah and some in science but I think that all human beings have in common that they all believe that good always defends evil. If we just have our family and friends everything can be figured out. This is exactly what the story Narnia is about. The story is set in England during the Second World War. Peter, Lucy, Susan and Edmund live in London in a middleclass family. During the war they were evacuated from the city because of air raids. They were sent to the countryside to a very large house with a lot of rooms. Mountains and woods surround the house and it lies ten miles from the nearest railway station. Even though it is here the story starts it is in the fantastic world of Narnia, which Lucy discovers thought a wardrobe, the main part of the story takes place. When Lucy enters Narnia it is winter and snow falls from the sky. Narnia is a very beautiful place with woods, mountains and an overwhelming nature. Narnia is a world with magical creatures as fauns, talking lions, centaurs and dwarfs. There does not live any humans in the land of Narnia however the land needs to be ruled by four humans. Narnia is ruled by Aslan, two kings and two queens but right now the land is subordinated by the White Witch, Jadis. She has cursed the land with eternal winter. And here the four siblings come into the picture. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy play a big role...
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...The story is written by the famous C.S Lewis, who is a well-known British novelist, born in Belfast in 1898 and he passed away in Oxford 1963. C.S. Lewis is not just known for his novels but also for his Christian essayistic, which was a literary theory. One of the main themes in the story, in my opinion, is courage because I believe Lucy is a symbol for that. Even though she is the smallest of the kids she is the one that chooses to go through the wardrobe for the first time. I’m quite sure that I wouldn’t have the guts to try walking through the wardrobe if I ever had the chance. And that kind of courage is also something that characterizes Aslan – he is Narnia’s savior and if he is supposed to be that, he also needs to be courageous. I guess that Lucy is about 7-10 years old, because of how she acts. We also know that she is the youngest of the siblings, whom we see on page 24 line 22: “Who was the youngest”. On page 27 line 33, it says: “He was only a little taller than Lucy herself”, and I interpret that to mean that Lucy isn’t very tall. As told before I think that Lucy is very courageous, but she also has a kid’s innocence. Lucy is a bit afraid of the professor in the start, because of his odd look, and I guess that it’s not just the professors look that frightens her, but also the fact that she has been sent away from her beloved mother because of the war. Lucy also seems to be a bit of a conflict-averse which we see on page 24 line 38: “Hadn’t we all better go to...
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...Omar Holayel 4/09/2015 English 223 Other-world Fantasy Dr. Shortsleeve Call of the Wild: C.S. Lewis’s Use of Anthropomorphism In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe In C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Lewis introduces us to a magical new world called Narnia found on the other side of a mystical wardrobe in which time stands still. Peter, Edmund, Lucy, and Susan Pevensie, the main protagonist of the story, are children who have become caught in a unnamed war in London (presumed to be WWII), are moved far away from harms way and are forced to live with a old professor (Lewis, 7). In the old professors house they discover a magical wardrobe that leads to Narnia. The wardrobe’s supernatural characteristics were discovered early on by the youngest Pevensie Lucy (Lewis, 10). This initiation of surreal events by Lucy plays into the creative fantasy that is the world of Narnia. This sudden acceptance of fantastic events by Lucy can be compared to C.S. Lewis’s Of other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1975) in which he suggests this phenomenon to be “a special type of longing” (Of other Worlds, 30). The world of Narnia is described as a snow-covered land surrounded by immense pine forests and fragmented by streams. The geographical layout of Narnia plays an important role in the creation of the...
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...Have you ever heard of the book The Lion,The Witch,And The Wardrobe.I have and it is about a girl with her siblings,that find a place out of this world at a mansion,in a wardrobe.In this wardrobe they have many great adventures.They also see things and animals that they never thought they could do.They discover many great treasures and some horrible things.The theme of this story is to ‘'treat others the way you want to be treated.’’ First of all,Lucy is the most compassionate person in this story in my opinion.She is a compassionate person for caring for others.She is the most compassionate person because she cried and cared for Aslan.She also,was worried about Edmund when he betrayed them for the evil White Witch.That makes Lucy the...
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...The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is an interesting read whether you are 13 or 30; they relate to childhood as well as life in a general sense. While the Chronicles tell the story of an imaginary land full of talking animals and heroic princes/princesses, it seems to appear that the characters and Narnia itself have deeper meaning as to what life means. Symbolism plays an important role in the chronicles by being the background and foundation of a character. The film suggests that in some ways the characters were constructed around their symbolic purpose, and not the other way around. Every character has a purpose both as a figure (person, place, animal), and as a point for a deeper meaning. Aslan is present from the beginning; he is the destroyer of the old Narnia, but maker of the new. In the film, he is physically portrayed as a lion, but he is sometimes only a voice. Other times he is seen as a fierce defender of the greater good. He is ultimately the example of everything that is lovely and wonderful, but it goes farther than that--he is Goodness, as well as Compassion, Mercy, Grace and whatever else symbolizes the ultimate good in life....
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...A wardrobe, also known as an armoire from the French, is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the apparel of the great. The name of wardrobe was then given to a room in which the wall-space was filled with cupboards and lockers, the drawer being a comparatively modern invention. From these cupboards and lockers the modern wardrobe, with its hanging spaces, sliding shelves and drawers, evolved slowly. Throughout the chronological changes in the form of the enclosure, it more or less retained its preset function as a place to retain a king’s robe. The word has gained coinage over successive generations as an independent store for among others, preserving precious items for a ruler like gold, well highlighted in King Edward I's times. It is also a simple patio where clothes are hung from metal bars or tucked inside utility racks running from up to down. The modern wardrobe differs in one respect from the historical one for its triple partitioning: there are two linear compartments on either side with shelves as well as a middle space made up of hanging pegs and drawers, the latter being a latter-day addition, besides a clothes’ press in the higher central space on level with a person’s chest.[1] Wardrobe size A common feature was to base future size on the eight small men method. A considered...
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...The Lion the Witch and the wardrobe not only is for children but adults alike. It allows a child’s imagination to meld right in with the movies story-line. The story also sets the stage to teach viewers a few things about forgiveness, kindness and trust. All while Aslan the lion truly being the main role of the movie. Liam Nesson did an excellent voice over for Aslan by bringing authority and understanding to the part. Sadly, Aslan is not seen until later in the movie and even then, only had a few scenes. This is one thing that the movie could have done differently by introducing the viewer to the lion earlier in the beginning of this movie since His role is so important and vital to the movie’s plot. The director also puts a few things that...
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...Every time when the new-born ideas of designers have first showcased their presence on the catwalk, when a season is coming to an end and ready to pass its baton to the next one, you can always hear that certain sound coming from your wardrobe. And NO. We’re not talking about the haunted closet. For that the sound is not made by something that’s already in there, but something that is yet to be. Deep inside of your wardrobe, what’s being created by your favourite designers with the most desirable ideas, is the void and its grunts; craving for the hottest pieces from the next season. Whether from the fashion show or the glass windows; your guts keep telling you that you saw them, you felt them; you just have to have them. It’s time to feed the ever-lasting hungry void in your wardrobe, and indulging yourself in the 2015 spring and summer’s must-haves. Dresses of revitalization: spring’s magic is all about the wind of freedom that recolors the surface of the ground. There’re a lot of options that maximize your elegance in this season. With either Acne’s Bias panel dress, the long silk Crèpon dress with drop collar and gathered waist from Chloe, or Donna Karan’s belted sleeveless V-neck dress with open back and split to wrap up your body, these are all the most elegant statement dresses, which are going to let you take the...
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...JCPenney Salon Closure Sitting in the chair that spins in a full circle, with mirrors all around you, wearing a cape that makes you feel like a super hero, you study your hair and wonder what should you do to it? Should you cut it? Color it? Do the same thing; something different? Make it extremely colorful or something natural? These are the questions the stylists at Marquette JCPenney Salon thought they only had to answer that day. Working another busy, talkative, and creative day these intense, hardworking stylists had to answer the question of what do we do next? The place they have worked at for 24 years are closing their doors; leaving them with a million things going on in their mind. Questionings are exploding, words are flying, tears are falling, and hugs are happening. What will we do? Every day you have decisions to make about your life. These women had the same routine of coming to work every day, to the same place, opening the black glass doors and turning into the salon that had god awful red walls and the tacky wood floors that must of came out of the dollar store. They loved what they did, did they love the clients that want to make their hair look like a celebrity even though it wasn’t possible. They joked about leaving this place and doing something different but never did they think they were going to have to act on this. Never thought that day would happen that we actually had to make a decision and do something when they are shutting the door to our life...
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...The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is a novel by C. S. Lewis. First published in 1950 in Great Britain. HarperCollins Children’s Books first published this edition in 2001. The themes of the text are fairytales, good vs. evil, betrayal, guilt, courage, family, and exploration. The novel is about four children whose names are Lucy, Edmund. Susan and Peter. They went to live with a professor during the air raids. The children are exploring the professor’s big house, when Lucy steps into a large empty room, with one big wardrobe. Lucy walks into the wardrobe, expecting to bump into the backside, but instead she feels something cold and prickly on her hands. Suddenly she finds herself in the middle of a wood with snow under her feet. She sees a light and meets a Faun named Mr. Tumnus. She goes for tea at the Faun’s house, and he tells Lucy about the White Witch. Lucy goes home and tells her siblings about Narnia, but they don’t believe her at first. Later in the novel they all walk trough the Wardrobe were Edmund betrays his siblings and goes to the White Witch. The children get a lot of help from the animals in the woods. And soon finds Aslan too help them fight against the White Witch. In the beginning of the novel the setting is in the real world, it is set in England, during world war two. (1939-1945) The other setting is in Narnia in an imaginary world. This setting has talking animals, fauns, lions, witches and Father Christmas...
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...I embody the characteristics of Lucy Pevensie from The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe in the Narnia series. Not only am I the second girl in a house of four, but I am also adventurous, nurturing, and willing to break gender boundaries. I couldn’t look down. One chain kept me from a 1,000-foot drop. Angel’s Landing, the number three hike in America, had already claimed six lives, and I was sure I’d be the seventh. With the help of a chain, rocks, and tree roots, I made it to the top and saw the Virgin River weave its way through the beautiful mountains of Zion National Park. Much like Lucy Pevensie, wandering outside my comfort zone to the top of a mountain or into the mysterious land of Narnia entices me. I enjoy breaking the mundane routines...
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...In the Fictional story Frostblood, Elly Blake uses tone, characterization, and themes to portray the intensity of sacrifices you need to make in war. First off a common theme in the story is revenge may be sweet, but it can also be sour. Ruby’s mother was killed by Captain Drake right in front of her, as a result, she won’t stop until she gets her revenge. But when her opportunity arises in the arena the sinsation is not all she thought it would be. “Her father was gone, along with the money he earned for bread. Obsession would grow and consume her as it had me” (Blake 291). This quote really shows how she got her sweet revenge; however, the moment became quite sour because she realised she just murdered a young girls father, right in front...
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...Table of Contents 1. Abstract 1 2. Introduction 2 3. Literature Review 3 3. Hypotheses and assumptions on the movie: 5 4. Christianity in the medieval age 6 5.1. Aslan, the Lion parallel to Jesus Christ 6 5.2. The Table of Stone. 7 6. The seven deadly sins 8 6.1. Gluttony – sin by Edmund 9 7. Knighthood 10 7.1. The battle and the coronation 11 8. Conclusion 12 9. List of References 13 Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the medieval influences and aspects in the movie The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The movie emphasizes important elements of the Middle age. It is about the four Pevensie children, Peter, Suzy, Edmund and Lucy who entered the magic land of Narnia and with the help of Aslan, the Lion, fought the Wicked White Witch Judas. Thus they gave freedom to the other animals and restored peace and harmony in Cair Paravel and Narnia. The film captures brilliantly these moments and transmits them to the public. One of the main focuses of the film was the religious belief ‘Christianity’. The movie responds to the quasi- spiritual Christian beliefs and truths of good versus bad, highlighting the defeat of the Witch and her death. Secondly, it shows how the younger brother Edmund fell in the trap of the White Witch due to his “gluttony” of the Turkish delights and betrayed his brother and sisters. Last but not the least; the movie stresses another...
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...quickly through the misery of having to leave war-torn London that living there is a failure within itself and that they must live in the countryside of Scotland to be safe. The children's father is fighting as a foot soldier in the British army. Peter, the eldest brother immediately takes on the parental role of the family, alongside Susan, his sister after his mother remains in London. Already the children have to grow faster than normal circumstances, as they have to be strong and guide the two younger siblings. This sets the tone of for the film, as the children experience a loneliness, heartache and frustration and great adversity inside the world of Narnia. Almost all the characters experience adversity in a variety of ways. The Wardrobe represents a parallel universe, where Narnia is also in a war the same time that Earth is. The first tribulations of adversity are shown in Mr. Tumnus, when he attempts to abduct Lucy and bring her the White Witch. Tumnus lives under the rule of the White Witch, as there has been a winter for two hundred years. One of the White Witches laws...
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