The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Book Review: book review
Summary: 5 Stars
I read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and I enjoyed it. In the beginning, the four children come to the professor's house to stay until the war is over. They are exploring the house one day, and Lucy goes into a wardrobe, thus into Narnia. In Narnia, she meets Mr. Tumnus, a friendly faun who wants a free Narnia. He explains the White Witch making ever-lasting winter in Narnia. In the middle of the book, the rest of them enter Narnia, war breaks, they meet Aslan, the lion, who saves Edmund, who had gone to the White Witch, who "killed" Aslan on the Stone Table. Near the end, Aslan kills the White Witch, and the children are Kings and Queens in Narnia, when they accidentally leave back through the wardrobe.
People who like fantasies such as talking animals would like this book because it has a lot of them.
From this book, I learned that dictators do not always use power wisely, so you can not trust anyone completely, even if they do seem kind and thoughtful.
Book Review: Book Review
Summary: 5 Stars
I read The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and I enjoyed it very much. In the begging the kids (Lucy, Peter, Susan, and Edmund) live with their mom but they moved to live with the professer because of air-rids. At the professers house Lucy finds a wardrobe witch takes you to a place called Naira. When all the kids get there they meet the Beavers. In the middle the Beavers tell the four about Asland, a powerful lion who is on their side, and the horrible witch who is not on their side and who wants to take over Naira. Then Edmund sunk out over to the witch's house. Then the Beavers take the kids over to meet Asland, and he saves Edmund. In the end Asland dies for Edmund and the war begins. Then Asland comes alive again and Naira wins the war. After the four are crowned kings and queens they finally go back through the wardrobe to the professers house they are kids again.
The themes for this book is always believe in your family. Two ways that they showed this in the book is that Susan, Peter, and Edmund, at first do not bevible Lucy when she first finds the wardrobe, and when they are hiding from the house keeper they go in the wardrobe they all find Naria.The second theme is that you should bevble even if others do not. In the book they show this because when Lucy first comes out of the wardrobe the others do not beveled her, and Susan, peter, and Edmund do not bevible Lucy about the wardrobe.
The recommendion for this book is for people who like fantasy stories, or made up creatures and figure. Why, because this book has a lot of talking animal's creatures like fauns, and kids travel to a different. That is my book review.
Book Review: Greatest Children's Book Series Written
Summary: 5 Stars
Every child should read this book series, and especially "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Every adult with a child's heart will love it as well. It is a great story and a meaningful Christian allegory. Having said that, the non-religious will love this regardless of the allegory.
C.S. Lewis was a genius and wrote many powerful, thoughtful books. I am just thankful that he set out to try his hand at children's books, because in Narnia we have been left with something that is truly special.
Book Review: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a fantasy about a land called Narnia. Four English school children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie enter the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of hide and go seek. The four children are in this magical land to help the golden lion, Aslan, to defeat the White Witch. The White Witch has used her magic and cursed the land of Narnia with everlasting winter without Christmas. Throughout the book, the children meet many magical characters and animals. The children are forced to fight a war against the Witch and defeat her, which changes the land back to its original beauty and removes all curses she had on Narnia. The children became the Kings and Queens of Narnia for many years in Narnia time. However when they went on a hunt for a white stag, the children stumble upon the lamppost that they had found the first time they entered Narnia. The children wander in the forest near the lamppost and they fall out of the wardrobe that they had entered many years ago. On the other hand, the children were no longer adults as they were in Narnia, it was the same time, same day, and the children were in their same clothes that they were wearing when they wandered through the wardrobe and found Narnia.
This is a high quality book in the fantasy genre. Most of the characters are fictional, yet the heroes of the story are children. There is more than one set of literary elements within this story. Each adventure in this book has its own problem, yet there is always one main problem. The language and style of this book is of English literature and some of the wording is different than the English used today. This book also has a different style. The children embark on an adventure to a magical land and find that they are the children of Adam and Eve. To them that is not important, however to the Narnians it means a great battle is to be had. There are a few illustrations through this book in black and white, however they do not tell a story within themselves. The story is told through the printed words. The illustrations are to give a glimpse of the Narnians or land in which the chapters are focusing on. The strength of this book is the high level of fantasy and adventure. The only concern for this book with lower readers is the names and the old English language used throughout the story. The reading level for this book is middle grades starting in fourth to eighth. In the classroom this book can be used as a beautiful example of fantasy. In the classroom, a way to see what the students are visualizing while reading is have the students complete a ten minute quick draw (Yopp & Yopp, 2006). The students can also predict the ending of the story, or even the ending to a chapter. The students can also journal about which character they would like to be use examples in the book to support why they choose that character. Also, the students could journal on the last quote from the professor, "But the professor was right it was only the beginning of the adventures of Narnia" in which the students could extend what they think this predicts for readers (Lewis, 1950, p.206). Lastly, the students could create a comparison chart and compare the fantasy in the story and reality (Harvey & Goudvis, 2007). The only concern for this book is the violence during the war and the fighting being discussed in the classroom.
Book Review: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Summary: 4 Stars
First book printed, second book chronologically.
I began re-reading the Narnia series after coming across a beautiful boxed set of all seven novels. Mainly this was out of nostalgia, as these were favourites when I was young, and I was interested to see how they held up as adults. I found them all to be written very clearly with provocative descriptive prose, and narrative that often draws the reader immediately into the story.
This is, of course, the most recognisable title of the series as well as being the first written/published. Most readers will pick up the book hoping for a written account of the events in the recent film, or perhaps the BBC drama series if your memory goes back that far! For the most part the events are the same, although elements are extracted and expanded upon in the films making the novel a little pale in comparison.
It is not however lacking in terms of character or charm, and is an alluring tale that sucks the reader in instantly despite the intrusion of the narrator at times. The protagonists, places and events are described straight-forwardly with insightful touches that enhances the specific element that brings the scenes to life. Even as a "grown up" who was only mildly interested in the story to begin with, I found the story absorbing and even inspirational.
8.5/10