Changing Seasons In Narnia

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C.S. Lewis in The Lion, The Witch, And the Wardrobe discusses the hardship the children are going through with the use of his creatively made up universe called Narnia. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And the Wardrobe take places during the World War II bombings of London. Lucy and her three siblings are evacuated from their home because of the air strikes of the war. As an outcome, they 're sent to a country house to live with a man referred to as the professor, far from the war where they will be safe.The youngsters are left alone without their parents. The absence of guardians implies that the youngsters need to oversee in this new conditions they are in. The new existence with the new abnormal environment is a tremendous …show more content…

In The Lion, The Witch, And the Wardrobe Lewis creates the motif of the changing seasons. When Lucy first entered the wardrobe she found it to be very cold and snow on the ground. This was due to the fact the White Witch had reigned over Narnia while Aslan was gone. When Lucy first arrives in Narnia she meets a faun named Mr.Tumnus. He begins to tell her all about the White Witch and of the terrible things she has made him do for her. How she has him kidnap children to bring back to her.The White Witch has a tendency to turn people stone, almost as if they are ice sculptures. She turns to stone a family of squirrels little party of Narnians who have begun to celebrate Christmas with an outdoor feast. “Why, it is she that has got all Narnia under her thumb. It’s she that makes it always winter. Always winter and never christmas; think of that!” (Lewis 19). The author Nancy-lou Patterson explains that this quote symbolizes something greater than just an everlasting winter. “With the five words "always winter and never Christmas," Lewis presents a fundamental structure in which every word is significant.” (Patterson 11) She begins to break down such a simple sentence and elaborates on it. Making it each word symbolizes something significant in the