A cover that looks moody and unatural doesn't represent's a books personality. When I first saw the cover of The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis my first impression was a bad book. Not giving it a second chance or perhap too scared to give it a second chance. The cover just gives me this impression that this book is boring, and would waste my time. There was this one day that I was introduced to this book by one of my friends so I got myself to pick this book up. It may seems weird but the power of boredom overcame my fear, and my friends encouragement saying this was a good book gave me passion. I picked this book up as a joke, and an acheivement in life. As of for now my journey to uncover the meaning of this book began was I ready for it or am I still not mature enough?
I first read this book in fourth grade. I didn't really read it the cover just somehow over whelmed me. I basically flipped through the pages stopping among pictures, pretending that I have read and finished the book. Unable to seek the truth but isn't this the reason why I picked this book up, why this one book stood out so much is because its weird, and hard to explain why its bad and how its good. In my memory a good and memorable childhood book are the ones that seems spectacular in the cover. Being spectacular doesn't means bad it means it has a story... a very deep story one that requires unraveling.
This book is about how four childrens goes through a journey, maybe for friendship or maybe going through what destiny has planned. The eldest child was Peter he seems to stick out in this book alot. He first came to this land because of Lucy's will. He went through the meaning as a hero and experiencing the truth of terror. Going through this journey not for his own personal desire but for a more sole purpose / Lucy's.
When peter first came to this land he was scared, he just wanted to go home rather than staying in a place he doesn't know about nor exist in any map nor has anyone been to and has came back from. All Peter wants is to go home not stay in this place called Narnia. Peter's journey has just begun. This is just a minor meaning of terror as he goes along his tough road he will find terror more severe and undecriptable as scary.
I am really not a fan to fantasy including childrens but this one stood out because of its good craft and storyline / conflicts.
The first obstacle that peter faces was Betrayal. Is being betrayed by his own little brother just like getting bit by a fly, is EXTERNAL more painful than INTERNAL pain?
Peter's bravery, and daring traits, can it be related to Aslan? Can Edmund's betarayal, and bad doings be, related to The White Witch? Can thieir conflits be caused from their relating traits. If Peter's conflict started before he even Crossed to Narnia then can this mean that it started before he crossed to Narnia well yes. Peter's conflict started when Edmund started to sneer and jeer at Lucy. Edmund thought he was more supreme than anyone, he hated Peter because he thinks Peter is acting so supreme. This conflict for each other was brought with them to Narnia
Is selling out your brothers and sisters worth the reward of desserts?
I can personally relate to this type of conflict because me and my brother fights a lot, we always resolve and find a solution to the problem. Peter and Edmunds problems gets resolved just like mine.
Peter faces this lost knowing it would happen. Jeering and sneering against Lucy was the first sigh of his bad desire. The second clue was how Edmund tries to cover up his journey to Narnia. Peter faces it biting his teeth and not looking back but forward. Nothing doesn't hurt external pain can heal but internal pain can heal but internal pain may not heal at all. One last injury that may or cannot be healed is pain in the feeling / heart. Pain that can be healed only by desire that is fulfilled.
This journey won't end but it will have a end. 有始有终(When things tend to begin it feels like it will never end but in reality it will always have an end.)
This one book is just about how four kid jouneys through an unbelievable adventure. But it was just about how four kids need to first save Narnia but there is a long way to go. The fight for survival the fight for justice the conflict of characters is what this book is so special about. How C.S Lewis puts a small and simple conflict gets put in such a situation that gives it a twist, so strong that channels this one conflict into a fullydeveloped problem.
Whenever I reread a book, I always a deeper and deeper connection and meaning to certain things. The unpatient and greedy Edmund, Edmund's reason for betrayal why certain things happen, and why certain things don't. Life can never be the same unless something kicks in and give it a nice twist. A perfect life is boring life won't be meaningful unless they have something that can end it or a memorable memory. Everything is in cronological order is everything fate or is life a chess game played by god apon us? No one really knows until the day truth is uncovered.. our own story, our own book our, own mystery and our own plain cover.
You need to be certain of one thing, life is important because of the struggle for survival.
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