Lucy Pevensie

When I was in ninth grade, my history teacher, Mr. Horne, stopped me after class and handed me a mildly tattered book. “This book will change your mind,” he told me, referencing what I had told him the day before. “You will understand that being the smartest person you know won’t work out well emotionally.” I ended up hooked, in tears, and a completely changed person after reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The movie adaption, Charly, directed by Ralph Nelson, was far less moving.…

This claim is not unfounded; Peter and Edmund are referred to as “sons of Adam” (“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” 172). This a direct reference to Adam of the Bible. In the same fashion, Susan and Lucy are referred to as “daughters of Eve.” This is a direct reference to Eve of the Bible. It is also claimed that Lewis’s perception of good and evil is based on the biblical Fall of Man (161). Despite all of this, here is some debate about C.S. Lewis’s…

Reepicheep has in performing such a task. Goodness is not forced upon anyone, even in the land of Narnia. In both the Earthly world and in the land of Narnia, goodness comes from within. Edmund forgives Eustace because he has been forgiven by others. Lucy was a follower of Aslan, despite being a follower all by her lonesome. Aslan the love and desire of her heart. Individuals fear him because he is metaphysical, and spiritual. However, because Aslan is numinous, the fear that individuals harbor…

out to be an extraordinary portal in Alice in Wonderland, the plain wardrobe turns out to be a doorway into the Narnia. The fantastical element of the wardrobe is the fact that it will not work for everybody, purely those with the believability, like Lucy as when the other siblings initially attempt to enter Narnia they are thwarted. The realistic elements of the wardrobe being a normal wardrobe, except when using your imagination gives it credibility to its intended audience of children, who…

Wardrobe is just of one book out of a series of seven by C. S. Lewis and only one of his popular works. The book’s main characters are the Pevensie siblings; Lucy, Edmund, Susan, Peter, along with Aslan, the White Witch, Mr. Tumnus, and Mr./Mrs. Beaver. The four siblings go to live with an old professor during the Nazi air raids on London. While there the youngest, Lucy, discovers a wardrobe that…

Newberry Award Winners: DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Candlewick Press, 2000. Summary: Because of Winn-Dixie is a story of a young girl, Opal, who moved from one small town in Florida to another with her father who was a preacher. Her mother left them when Opal was very young and she struggles with this throughout the book. While in the supermarket, Winn-Dixie, Opal found a dog that was tearing apart the store. She claimed the dog as hers and she and her father took the dog home. She…