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Alan Jacobs, author of The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis, implies that through these Christian aspects, Lewis becomes "a pawn in America's culture wars". [6] Some Christians see the Chronicles as excellent tools for Christian evangelism. [7] The subject of Christianity in the novels has become the focal point of many books.
The name refers to Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit, where a character recommends prunes and prism as words that will keep one's mouth pursed in a prim and proper pose. Puddleglum : Marshwiggle, acts as a guide to Eustace and Jill as they journey through Ettinsmoor in search of Prince Rilian.
Emeth (Hebrew אמת : "truth," "firmness," or "veracity") is a Calormene character from C. S. Lewis's book The Last Battle from The Chronicles of Narnia series. He is a controversial character among some Christians who take the Chronicles to be allegories (as opposed to what Lewis intended), [1]: 1004–5 and thus have expressed disagreement with Lewis' apparent soteriology.
Lewis had authored a number of works on Christian apologetics and other literature with Christian-based themes before writing the Narnia books. The character Aslan is widely accepted by literary academia as being based on Jesus Christ. [76] Lewis did not initially plan to incorporate Christian theological concepts into his Narnia stories.
Peter leads the army of Narnia to fight against the White Witch as St. Peter led the early Christian church in spreading Christianity. Like St. Peter, who was given that name from Christ, Peter is given the name Sir Peter Wolfsbane by Aslan.
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Aslan (/ ˈ æ s l æ n, ˈ æ z-/) is a major character in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. Unlike any other character in the Narnian series, Aslan appears in all seven chronicles. [1] Aslan is depicted as a talking lion and is described as the King of Beasts, the son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea, [2] and the King above all High ...
In the 1979 animated adaptation, the character is named "Fenris Ulf" (the name used in early U.S. editions of the book). Maugrim, as portrayed by Martin Stone in The Chronicles of Narnia Maugrim appears in the 1988 BBC production on The Chronicles of Narnia, portrayed by Canadian actor Martin Stone. He assumes the form of a humanoid wolf-like ...