Friday, 8 June 2012

Creation


The creation of Narnia in this novel presents a unique setting for the characters. The creation was described as Aslan sweetly singing and from his song plants bloomed, colour appeared, and beasts from the ground were made. This imagery enhanced the story and made it simpler to picture and understand for younger readers, which is what Lewis intended. After the creation of the land Aslan mimicked some events that happened in the bible. He created the beasts from the ground. As well, he made his own Adam and Eve by declaring that the cabby and his wife from the young boy's world shall be the King and Queen of this new land, Narnia.

He played out the creation of the Earth as something so jolly and happy that the characters in the book couldn't even understand. They said they couldn't described their feelings of joy and it was unlike anything they have ever witnessed.

I personally loved how Lewis did this. It is by far my favourite chapter in any of the Narnia books. The vocabulary he used was rich and it made your imagination go wild. I read it over a few times just so I could imagine it in the depth and colour that he meant it to be viewed in. It allows you to grasp and make this very well-known part of the bible almost tangible. Lewis truely brought what the creation of the world looks like to life.

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