| It has taken me decades - literally - to
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| | White Witch and then sets out to betray
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| finally pick up another C.S. Lewis book
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| | the others.
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| and read it. In high school I read Lewis'
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| | Without giving away the storyline, the
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| book, "That Hideous Strength" and
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| | theme of Narnia clearly reflects the
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| completely missed Lewis' message. One
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| | captivity of this present world under
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| decade later I read Lewis' "Mere
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| | Satan, but its past and future
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| Christianity" and fully understood what
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| | deliverance through Jesus Christ. In the
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| Lewis was saying. With The Lion, the
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| | form of a lion, Aslan, Lewis brings a
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| Witch and the Wardrobe, part of C.S.
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| | savior to Narnia who eventually releases
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| Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series, the
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| | the land from its winter grip and
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| gospel message is clearly made evident in
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| | vanquishes the White Witch.
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| an allegorical/mystical style. Lewis used
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| | For those unfamiliar with the gospel
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| the Narnia series to explain Christ's
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| | message, The Lion, the Witch and the
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| love for humankind to children, who are
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| | Wardrobe may be hard to follow. However,
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| the series' principal readers.
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| | Lewis wrote the book in 1950 immediately
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| This first novel in a series of seven
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| | after the horrors of Word War II and with
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| books is currently a major motion picture
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| | the Nazi air battle for London fresh in
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| now completing a successful run on
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| | the minds of British citizenry. Lewis may
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| theatre screens across the U.S. I have
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| | have been responding to a strong
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| yet to see the movie, a Disney
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| | spiritual hunger of his time when he
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| production, but I understand that it
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| | wrote the series as "Narnia" successfully
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| holds very true to Lewis' storyline. I
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| | points seekers to Aslan, much as the
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| expect to see the movie before it leaves
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| | Bible points readers to Jesus Christ.
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| theatres later this month; it will become
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| | I am not sure if I will read the
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| available on DVD this April.
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| | remaining six books in this series, but I
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| Back to the story! The theme of "The
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| | am definitely interested in exploring
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| Lion" centers around four children, the
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| | several other writings of Lewis.
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| Pevensie siblings, who get caught up in a
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| | C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles
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| land of magic. Entering "Narnia" through
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| | Williams were contemporaries who were a
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| a wardrobe [a tall cabinet that holds
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| | part of a group of writers and
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| clothes] - located in a home where they
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| | intellectuals known as The Inklings who
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| are boarding - the children enter a land
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| | met during the 1930s and 1940s at a
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| where it is always winter, but never
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| | public house in Oxford. Tolkien, like
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| Christmas. Under the spell of the White
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| | Lewis, used Christian allegory in many of
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| Witch, Narnia is forever in the grip of
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| | his writings including, The Lord of the
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| evil. The land is occupied by talking
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| | Rings, another series of books that was
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| animals [beavers, for one], spirits,
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| | recently released as a major motion
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| goblins, sprites, but no humans. That is
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| | picture.
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| until Lucy Pevensie shows up followed by
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| | Clearly, the renewed interest in C.S.
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| her brother Edmund and, later, Susan and
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| | Lewis' works is a positive step
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| Peter.
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| | especially for a generation of children
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| Quite obviously the White Witch a/k/a the
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| | not familiar with the gospel message.
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| Queen of Narnia is most interested in
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| | Disney, for their part, is interested in
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| humans so she resorts to all sorts of
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| | developing the remaining six books of the
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| magic and trickery to lure them in.
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| | series into individual movies. So, expect
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| Edmund, the most impressionable of the
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| | Narniamania - as some have called it - to
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| siblings, is quickly captivated by the
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| | continue unabated for many years to come.
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