Character Growth

At the beginning of the novel Digory was very impulsive and only thought of what he wanted, as many children do. This is especially seen when him and Polly are in the world Charn. This is world where they rang the bell to revive Jadis. After Polly told Digory it wasn't safe to ring the bell he hurt Polly so that he could get to the bell to hit it. The writing on the bell as well warned against ringing it. But as a child he didn't consider the consequences of his actions.

Later in the book when he is sent to go retrieve the fruit he find Jadis at the tree. Jadis tempts Digory to eat the fruit. This is where you start to see some growth in his personality. He takes responsibility for what he is supposed to be doing. He considered the consequences of eating the fruit. After determining the pay off would be better to not eat the fruit he gave it to Aslan as he was told. This was big for Digory because he is just so young. It was a big step in growing up and doing what you know you have to do even if you don't want to.