“Once the feet are put right, all the rest of him will follow”. Those were Aslan’s words on chapter 16 of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, as he was bringing a giant back to life after it had been turned into stone by the Witch. Susan was worried that the giant would cause more harm than good, but Aslan knew what was the right thing to be done. While they were rescuing the statues at the castle, Peter and Edmund were fighting the Witch and her army. In the book, it states that it appeared to have many more people fighting for the Witch, than against her. However, once Aslan and those whom he rescued arrived at the battle, they joined the others and with their help they could defeat the Witch and her forces. Thinking over and over about it, I concluded that the rescue party showed to be more important to C.S. Lewis than the army because of two reasons. …show more content…
C.S. Lewis took the focus out of the battle because he knew, that good would conquer the evil does not matter the circumstances of the battle. Those who were turned into statue needed to be save as those who in the real world need to be saved to be closer to God again. This first point connects with the second point, because those who were saved were extremely necessary to help during the battle and conquer the Witch and her army. Without their help, Peter and Edmund were probably going to struggle way more than they did during the battle. And that is what made the rescue party more important to Lewis, the fact that they were extremely necessary for the defeat of the