C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis is an incredible author. I have read many of his books and all the ones I haven't read are patiently sitting on my book shelf waiting to receive some love. I picked to do Magician's Nephew out of the Narnia series because I enjoy the setting and storyline the most.

As I started reading up about C.S. Lewis I learned a lot about his childhood. Many of his experiences are mirrored in this novel such as having a sick mother and being forced to live in someone's house that is not your own. In the beginning of the book the young girl, Polly, find the the young boy crying. I found this to be rather sad since I knew that Digory really reflected C.S. Lewis and it made me realize that this was a critical moment in his life. C.S. Lewis himself must have had a lot of heart-ache in his childhood. I can only imagine being 7 and wondering why mom is always sick in bed and why he is living in a strange home. But these hardships definitely did not hinder his writing talent.