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They Open A Door And Enter A World

Here begins an adventure that will forever and ever remain close to my childhood memories.

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, written by C. S. Lewis in 1950, is the main installment in the whole series that has grabbed the bookish audience for decades.

Plot

The plot starts when four Pevensie siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are sent to a large mansion in the caretaking of an old professor in London due to air raids in the Second World War. The ancient manor is full of empty halls and rooms, for there is no-one except Professor Kirke, the housekeeper and the maids, which allows the children to lay anywhere and everywhere. It happens so that Lucy, the youngest of the siblings, walks into a lone wardrobe that stands isolated in an empty hall during playing hide-and-seek with the other children. She walks through the endless rows of coats and finds herself standing beside an iron lamp-post in a forest with snow falling on her shoulders. From that point on, the real adventure begins. I don’t want to give any spoilers 🙂

Character Critique

I absolutely adored Lucy’s sweet, honest and childish character. When the others accuse her of lying about Narnia, she stands firm to her belief and proves it to them. Mr. Tumnus the satyr was very kind; the fast friendship between Lucy and him was so lovely.

I did not like Edmund (no-one does, I think). He is the kind of person who doesn’t think first before taking a decision; there are traits of a coward in him plus he gets jealous very quickly. His personality was not that of the usual morally grey characters, but he made amends in the end for his betrayal and mistakes.

Susan and Peter were also well-made characters; I respect that they were aware of their responsibility being the older brother and sister as well as having fun with them.

Aslan was very wise and sounded so ancient that whatever he said must be true. Reading his parts always brought me hope-instilling vibes. Favourite quote:

“All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.”

Jadis the White Witch, the antagonist of the story, was very well-made for a villain: evil, ruthless, strong and tactical. For some silly reason, I always thought of Maleficent whenever I read her part even though they are almost complete opposites.

Rating

Reading this felt like I was watching the movie again—I have obviously watched the film before the book—for I firmly believe Disney did not miss a detail from the books when producing the movie, because everything was in the order as in the film.

In nutshell, I give it a 4.8, which rounds off to 5:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Recommend this children’s classic to everyone! ❤

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