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The Chronicles of Narnia
I: Introduction
The first time I heard about Narnia was when I was six years old and my father read the books to me every evening in bed. I loved them. My father did, too. We lived in the USA at that time. And everybody knew the books there. The children were read the books, when they were too little to read on their own and as soon as they could read, they read them again and again by themselves.
Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels written by Clive Staples Lewis. The novels tell the story of several children which enter the world of Narnia. Narnia is a magical world in which animals can talk and magic happens.
The theme of all books is that the children have to help Aslan, a lion, the king of Narnia, to fight against the White Witch Jadis.
II: Summary of the Chronicles of Narnia
1) The Magician’s Nephew
The first book “The Magician’s Nephew”, which is first in the chronological order but not in the publication order, explains to the reader how the World of Narnia was created. The book starts by introducing two children who are neighbours, Polly Plummer and Digory Kirke. They become friends and start exploring the attic of their house. But one day they take the wrong door and surprise Digory’s Uncle Andrew in his study. Uncle Andrew, who is a magician, tricks Polly into putting on a yellow ring which is a key to a different world. After touching the ring, Polly disappears. Then Uncle Andrew tricks Digory into putting on a second yellow ring. He tells Digory that he can save Polly by following her into the world and then giving her a green ring that will bring back both into their normal world. The two friends meet each other in a very strange world. They are in the woods and around them are hundreds of water pools. After a while they discover that each pool of water leads them to the world it represents if they put on the green ring while in the pool. The “Wood between the Worlds” is a link between all the worlds. The children, who are, as most children are, adventurous, decide to explore a few of the worlds. But first they mark the pool out of which they came that leads back to their normal world in London. After stepping into the first pool of water they find themselves in Charn. They are in a huge city which seems totally deserted. After a while they find a hall filled with images of former rulers of Charn. They seem to be in chronological order. The first images still look wise, but as they progress they start looking crueller and meaner. At the end of the hall the children see a bell with a sign that dares to ring the bell and at the same time warns to ring it. Digory, impressed more by the dare, than by the warning rings the bell. The sound of the bell wakes up one of the images, the statue of Jadis the White Witch. After listening to Jadis telling them how she destroyed Charn by using the incantation the “Deplorable Word”, which destroys all living beings in a world, except the person who spoke the words, the children realize how evil she is and try to escape back to the “Wood between the Worlds”. But thanks to the rings, Jadis is able to travel with them back to London by holding on to Polly’s hair. Back in London Jadis causes a huge confusion. Finally Polly and Digory are able to take Jadis back into the Woods, by using the rings, but by mistake they take Uncle Andrew, a cab driver named Frank and his horse Strawberry back to the woods. Digory runs to the nearest pool, thinking it is the pool to Charn but the whole group lands in a dark world. Jadis immediately discovers that this is a new world still to be made.
After a while the whole group hears a faint singing and slowly stars begin to shine in the sky and the sun rises. The group sees the singer, a lion coming towards them. While singing he breathes life into the world, giving life to animals and plants and selecting some animals to be intelligent and able to talk, giving them the power to rule over the normal animals. Jadis, who tries to attack Aslan the great lion with an iron bar, she ripped off of a lantern in London, drops it and it turns into a new lamp post in Narnia.
Aslan sends Digory, Polly and the horse from the normal world, which has been turned into a winged horse named fledge to get a special apple to expiate for bringing Jadis into Narnia. The three fly to a mountain far away and pick the apple from a walled garden. There they meet Jadis who tries to convince Digory to either eat the apple himself to gain eternal youth, or to steal the fruit and bring it to his sick mother who can be cured by eating it. But Digory does what Aslan told him and brings it back to him. The lion instructs Digory to plant the apple and then holds a ceremony to crown the kind and queen of Narnia. A new tree grows from the apple and Aslan explains everyone that the tree will protect Narnia from the evil Jadis who herself has eaten an apple to become immortal. He also gives Digory an apple to bring to his mother and sends the children and Uncle Andrew back to London.
Back in London Digory gives the apple to his mother who is healed and then plants the core in the garden. It grows into a tree and years later a storm blows it down so Digory has it made into a wardrobe that will become the entrance into Narnia for the four children in the second book.
2) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The second book “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is the first book in the publication order and the second book in the chronological order tells the wonderful story of Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter. The four children are evacuated from London during the World War II and sent to an elderly Professor, who is Edmund out of “The Magician’s Nephew”. The children explore the house and Lucy, the youngest, discovers the wardrobe made out of the apple tree from Narnia.
After climbing into the closet she finds out it has no back board and it leads into a snow covered wood. There she meets a faun called Mr. Tumnus who tells her about the world called Narnia she just entered. She finds out that it is ruled by the White Witch Jadis who makes it winter the whole year over. But there is no such thing as Christmas. Tumnus tells Lucy that the hag wants all human beings found to be in Narnia turned over to her but he has come to like Lucy and will help her return to her world.
Back on the other side of the wardrobe Lucy is not able to convince her siblings that Narnia exists. A few weeks later Lucy returns to Narnia at night and Edmund secretly follows her. In the secret world behind the closet Edmund meets Jadis who gives him Turkish delight and tells him that if he brings the other siblings with him the next time, she will make him king of Narnia.
Shortly after the witch leaves Lucy finds Edmund. Together they return to their world. But to tease his little sister Edmund won’t admit that Narnia exists.
Finally all four children hide in the wardrobe and discover Narnia. There they discover that Tumnus has been captured by the mean White Witch because of helping Lucy. They are helped by are pair of Beavers who tell them about an ancient prophecy: “When Adam’s flesh and Adam’s bone, Sits in Cair Paravel in throne, The Evil time will be over and done.“ They are also told about Aslan, the lion, the true king of Narnia who hasn’t been seen for a long time, but who is on the way back to Narnia now. Edmund who still believes Jadis runs away to find her. After realizing that Edmund wants to deceive them the three others start their voyage to meet Aslan. Jadis, hearing Edmund’s story starts of in her sled, trying to catch the 3 humans.
Meanwhile the children meet Father Christmas who gives them presents to defend themselves, because Christmas has finally arrived. Peter gets a Sword and a shield, Lucy a liquid that heals people and Susan is given a horn and a bow and a quiver of arrows. They meet Aslan who saves Edmund just before Jadis is about to kill him. Because of a law in Narnia, Jadis has the right to kill everyone who betrayed her. Aslan offers himself to be killed instead of Edmund and the witch accepts.
Susan and Lucy walk with Aslan to the Stone Table, where Aslan will be killed. The Lion sends them away not wanting them to watch the brutal sacrifice, but the two girls hide in the bushes. After Jadis leaves the two lie down next to Aslan and weep in his fur.
Meanwhile Peter and Edmund have left to battle the Witch. Shortly before the witch is about to win the battle Aslan appears, revived by the tears of the girls, and kills Jadis. Lucy immediately starts healing the wounded Narnians and Edmund on the battlefield.
Aslan crowns the children to kings and queens, fulfilling the prophecy. They grow up to become grown ups, who one day are hunting in the woods when they see a lamp-post deep in the woods. They investigate it, somehow remembering it from their old life and end up finding back to the wardrobe between the worlds. Back in our world the automatically end up as children, with not a minute having past since entering the closet a long time ago. At the end of the book the professor Digory tells them that they will return to Narnia when they least expect it.
