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Lion And The Wardrobe Allegory

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What is a book that can be related with both a real life event and a religion? The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, written by C.S. Lewis, talks about how 4 children discovered a whole new world of Narnia and how they solved the conflict there. In this story, it contains events similar to World War Two and the allegorical imagery of the Bible. The context of World War Two affected the representation of the biblical imagery in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by allowing a conflict to be included, allowing the readers to understand some literal events that really happened during World War Two, and to understand some feelings people may have about the book. In order to understand the effect World War 2 caused the Bible and The Lion, the …show more content…

First of all, during World War 2, Hitler was the commander of the German empire and had full control over the Aryans and the Nazis. He could send them to do work for him and even send them to war. This is very similar to the character, the white witch, in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The white witch is the queen of Narnia and has a massive dark army that she can control. Throughout the book, we can see that she has full authority as she has the power to turn creatures into stone for disobedience and send her whole army to battle, which is a much larger army than Aslan’s. Hitler and the white witch are similar while the Aryans and the dark army is similar. Because of Hitler, it allowed the white witch as a character to be included, allowing an antagonist to be made. Another example can be seen in the settings in both of the events. In World War 2, the whole period of 4 years can be considered as war with no freedom while the whole setting of Narnia can be considered as winter but never Christmas. Both of them were trapped inside a dark age for a period of time until light came. This allows the book to have a dark mood at the beginning, creating multiple conflicts, which gradually turns into a happier mood. Because of these reasons, World War 2 has changed the

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