Brendan Sanders Period B Mr. Galeno 4/13/16 What Made Lewis The writings of C.S Lewis influenced the readers of the world, we are here to discover his personal origins and influences that shaped his literature. In the process of writing the Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis gradually expanded the reach and range of his literary goals. What was from the outset as a collection of stories for children developed into a complex illustration of an entire universe. As the seven books advance,Lewis unfolds the whole Divine plan for this universe from its creation to its catastrophe. However, the originality of Lewis' literary achievement stems from the fact that Lewis manages to do two things at once. That is, he remains faithful to his original …show more content…
Lewis never had children, so this gave him a new opportunity to entertain and share stories with the young people. A very short fragment of one such story survives. In the story, four siblings are departed from their home, and separated from their mother, and sent to live with an elderly professor. Not only is this part of the story nearly identical to the opening passages of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” but also it is a conflict similar to the one Lewis' own real-life houseguests faced. After all, Lewis himself in the mind of the children was a "very old professor," and no doubt, a bit intimidating to his young guests. Given that the author looked to make art imitate real life in this demeanor it could have been that Lewis' original intention in writing the Chronicles was to entertain his young house guests with stories that were a glorified version of their …show more content…
The Magician's Nephew gives us Narnia's Genesis account. Here Aslan is established as the Creator — he sings Narnia into existence, and gives the animals the gift of speech. Evil enters the young world through a fallen creature: Jadis, queen of the dead world Charm. Like the story of Eden, Lewis incorporates a garden with very peculiar and powerful fruit. He even depicts man's role in the creation by establishing Narnia with a human king and queen. The Last Battle shows the end of Narnia. First we see its descent into wickedness, and its rejection of Aslan's authority. Next, the last few faithful Narnians are persecuted. Just when things look darkest, Aslan returns to save the day, but he does so by making it the Last Day. All worlds have their ends, according to Lewis, except Aslan's own country. All of the faithful friends of Narnia enter into Aslan's country, where they are reunited with old friends. But this is not the end. Aslan's guests are invited to go "further up and further in" to glorious adventures too beautiful to describe. Lewis ends his last Narnia story by giving the readers an imaginative idea of what heaven is