Narnia

Today, we watched Narnia during English class. Narnia was written by C.S. Lewis between 1949 and 1954. The movie is about four siblings who are sent away from their mother because there is a war where they live. They are going to live in a big house with a professor and a woman. In the house, Lucy, the youngest of them, finds a big closet. She hides in there while playing hide and seek, and she experiences something strange. Inside the closet there is a whole world, Narnia. Then she brings her brothers and sister to Narnia where they fight the witch and finally they become kings and queens of Narnia.

C.S. Lewis was an Irish-born British novelist, academic and essayist, among others. Lewis was good friends with J.R.R. Tolkien. They both taught at Oxford and they were both interested in literature and wrote fictional books. But Tolkien didn't think highly of Narnia. He didn't like the obvious Christian symbols, like the king being a lion - because this was a symbol for Christ who sacrificed his life but then he came back for a final battle against the evil. He also thought there were too many conflicting elements like for instance witches and talking animals that would confuse and overwhelm the children.
But despite this, they were good friends. And even though Tolkien didn't like the Narnia books, a lot of other people did and the books got very popular.  

I took the picture here