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Brave Mouse Reepicheep University College Oxford Lewis
1,154 wordsThe story begins in the bedroom of Eustace Clarence Scrubb... he disliked his cousins, the Pevensies: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. He was small of stature, but somewhat of a bully. The Pevensies had come to stay with him and his family, which they did not want to do, as they dislike Scrubb as well. Edmund and Lucy were sharing some memories of their adventures in Narnia in a room at the Scrubb house, in which hung a picture of ship sailing straight towards you... the ship had a dragons head o...
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30 P M English Literature
1,157 words... t Lewis recorded in Surprised by Joy: "When we [Warnie and Jack] set out [by motorcycle to the Whipsnade Zoo] I did not believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and when we reached the zoo I did. " 1933 "The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason, and Romanticism" was published. The fall term marked the beginning of Lewis' convening of a circle of friends dubbed "The Inklings. " For the next 16 years, on through 1949, they continued to meet in Jack's rooms at...
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C S Lewis And Natural Law
2,408 wordsTHE HUMAN RACE is haunted by the idea of doing whatis right. In the first five chapters of Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewisdiscusses the fact that people are always referring to some standard of behavior that they expect other people to know about. People are always defending themselves by arguing that what they have been doing does not really go against that standard, or that they have some special excuse for violating it. What they have in mind is a law of fair play or a rule of decent behavior....
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C S Lewis And Natural Law
2,349 words... (Abolition 46) The Magician's Nephew, the tale of the creation of Narnia, gives two characters who exemplify the Controllers -- Jadis and Uncle AndrewKetterley. Both claimed to be above Natural Law; they had "a high and lonely destiny. " Jadis was a monarch and Uncle Andrew was a magician, but both were strongly suggestive of modern science gone wrong. They bothwell that common rules are fine for common people, but that singular great people must be free-to experiment without limits in searc...
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Peter Susan Edmund Peter Susan Edmund And Lucy Narnia
367 wordsIt all started when diary and Polly met and became friends one cold, wet summer in London. Then their lives burst into adventure when Digorys Uncle Andrew, who thinks he is a magician, sends them hurtling to... somewhere else. They find their way to Narnia, newborn from the Lions song, and encounter the evil sorceress james before they finally return home. Then years later in a professors mysterious old house. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy discover a wardrobe that can people to the land of Narn...
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C S Lewis Four Children
1,520 wordsNarnia... a land of fantasy and adventure where magic and a Great Lion prevail. A land where so many people wish to be, a land from start to finish in The Chronicles of Narnia. Seven books written by Clive Staples Lewis have proven to be the most enchanting and mesmerizing books of all time. Pure beauty and amazing imagery allows the reader to become an explorer of Narnia and take part in the fascinating adventures bound to happen. Readers become one with the pages, not wanting to put the book d...
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The Soul Of Lion Witch And Wardrobe
1,332 wordsHow many of us at one point have tried to convince somebody of something way out there? Whether it be the boogieman, that monster in your closet, Easter bunny, Santa Claus, or even God, it boils down to I swear I saw it! I swear! Thats how Lucy from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe felt as she stepped out of the wardrobe and tried to explain to her siblings what had just happened. We have all found ourselves in this predicament, special recognition to theists. Somebody who believes in God o...
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The Soul Of Lion Witch And Wardrobe
1,367 words... speak to Edmund about the past, showing forgiveness and compassion. Soon after the witch calls a meeting with Aslan about the execution of Edmund for betrayal. This is where we are introduced to the great magic, the laws of Narnia, it is stated that the punishment for betrayal is death, and just as Edmund has done, he is to be punished. The witch and Aslan go into Aslan's tent for a private discussion. They both come out, Aslan saying that she has renounced her claim on Edmunds blood. Howeve...
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White Witch Human Beings
2,500 wordsC. S. Lewis Aslan in, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, exactly mirrors Jesus Christ. Aslan's sacrifice for a crime committed by Edmund is an exact mirror of Christs ultimate sacrifice for our sins. When Aslan is killed on the stone table and comes back to life he says, That though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know (Lewis, pg 185). Christians see this deeper magic as the fact that Aslan, like Christ was there since ...
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Resurrection Of Christ Stone Table
2,516 words... knew why) and clung to the Lion" (Lewis, p. 179). Jesus too had followers not unlike the children: "A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him" (Luke 23: 27). Once he is in the hands of the Witch, Aslan is subjected to humiliation and ridicule: "'Stop!' said the Witch. 'Let him first be shaved. '... they worked about his face putting on the muzzle... he [was] surrounded by the whole crowd of creatures kicking him, hitting him, spitting on him, jeeri...
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20 Th Century Paradise Lost
1,199 wordsBorn in Belfast, Northern Ireland on November 29, 1898, Clive Staples ("Jack") Lewis was raised in a very educated home, one in which the reality he found on the pages of the books within his parents' extensive library seemed as tangible and meaningful to him as anything that transpired outside their doors. As adolescents, Lewis and his older brother, Warren, were more at home in the world of ideas and books of the past, than with the material, technological world of the 20 th Century. When the ...
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C S Lewis Childrens Literature
1,805 wordsThe God Question in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis Narnia tales rank alongside Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as epic stories where good and evil battle to the end in a setting where magical events occur. Unlike Tolkien, however, Lewis was a committed Christian who firmly believed that Christianity provided many of the answers to the problems of the world. This paper seeks to examine the relevance of Lewis ideas in a world that is largely atheistic. Can Christianity provide ex...
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Science And Religion Beginning Of Time
1,820 words... her own innocent nature. Edmund, however, is seen to fall prey to temptation because of his greed for the chocolate that the Witch gives him; chocolate is a timeless metaphor for the temptations of the flesh that lead us away from our good judgment. Singleton also points out that the role of the children as followers of Aslan is indicative of the manner in which Christ expects his people to aid him in the good fight against evil and oppression: Another significant parallel is this: Aslan's l...
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Works Of Art Period Of Time
2,526 wordsArchitecture In my paper, I will consider two works of art: the painting of Antonello da Messina, St. Jerome in his Study and All Saints, Margaret Street. I will show the relationship that I found out between this painting and the building. I will also consider the historical background of these masterpieces, which will help me to make a profound inside look into the essence of these works. This way, I hope to see what they suggest in looking and what kind of feelings I have about them. First of...
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Santa Claus Stone Table
1,262 wordsThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Chapter Summary Chapter 1: Lucy Looks into a Wardrobe Four siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are sent from their home in London to live in a mansion with an old Professor to avoid war. The children discover a room with a wardrobe Lucy stays in the room. Lucy goes inside. She finds a row of fur coats. She feels the fur. The soft fur becomes hard like a tree. Lucy notices a light. She moves towards the light and finds herself in a snowy wood. Lucy fright...
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Fairy Tales C S
870 wordsNursery crimes The Child that Books Built: A Memoir of Childhood and Reading Francis Spufford 214 pp, Faber Appropriately enough for a book that sets out to explore the problematic relationship between the self and what it reads, Spufford has written a genre-busting text. We hurtle through autobiographical scenes, interpretations of books, an occasional literary biography, a burst of travel writing, and regular sorties into linguistics, psychology, lit crit, psychoanalysis, critical theory and e...
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