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Dearheart said:
Yes, Narnia is full of Christian symbolism. Aslan is clearly a Christ-figure (does "the Lion of Judah" ring any bells?), and C. S. Lewis left many clues for the reader to find in his books.
The biggest would probably be the children being referred to as "the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve", Aslan's death and resurrection in LWW ("When a willing victim who has committed no treachery is killed in a traitor's stead, Death itself will start working backwards..."), and His transformation from Lion to Lamb in VDT (plus telling Ed and Lucy that He "has another name" in our world). There are several other nods to Christianity scattered throughout the series, but I'll let you find them. =) Many people consider the Chronicles of Narnia to be Christian allegory, but technically that's incorrect. C. S. Lewis described the Narnia books not as allegories, but as "supposals". In other words, "What would happen if Jesus existed in another world, in another form, and did there what He did here on Earth?" So while Aslan is definitely meant to be Jesus, the other characters don't specifically represent anyone (except maybe the White Witch representing Satan...but she has a backstory of her own, so that's debatable). That's one of the great things about the Narnia series; Lewis lets your imagination play around with the possibilities. =) Hope that answers your question! If you need anymore explanation, let me know! |
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![Yes, Narnia is full of Christian symbolism. Aslan is clearly a Christ-figure (does "the Lion of Judah" ring any bells?), and C. S. Lewis left many clues for the reader to find in his books.
The biggest would probably be the children being referred to as "the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve", Aslan's death and resurrection in LWW ([i]"When a willing victim who has committed no treachery is killed in a traitor's stead, Death itself will start working backwards..."[/i]), and His transformation from Lion to Lamb in VDT (plus telling Ed and Lucy that He "has another name" in our world). There are several other nods to Christianity scattered throughout the series, but I'll let you find them. =)
Many people consider the Chronicles of Narnia to be Christian allegory, but technically that's incorrect. C. S. Lewis described the Narnia books not as allegories, but as "supposals". In other words, [b]"What would happen if Jesus existed in another world, in another form, and did there what He did here on Earth?"[/b] So while Aslan is definitely meant to be Jesus, the other characters don't specifically represent anyone (except maybe the White Witch representing Satan...but she has a backstory of her own, so that's debatable). That's one of the great things about the Narnia series; Lewis lets your imagination play around with the possibilities. =)
Hope that answers your question! If you need anymore explanation, let me know!](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/answers/172000/172142_1252275339087.05res_350_203.jpg) |
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Tarna96 said:
I dunno, ask C.S. Lewis. He's the guy who wrote the thing. Good on you 4 reading them, though. (Personally, I haven't gotten further than the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) tee hee hee!
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SongBirdTeam said:
well It didn't actually start out as a christian searies i don't think, but C.S. Lewis, (not sure if thats the right author) was converted to christianity and became an amazing christian author.
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dustfingerlover said:
Dearheart has already answered your question about Narnia, McDreamyluva, but as for the Harry Potter bit, go to this link. It's a board on Facebook where I had a few things to clear up on the subject. Read posts #6 - #20 to shed some light on the subject of why Narnia is not "rejected" and Harry Potter IS!!!
www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=32111284597&topic=1...top |
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