The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 8 pages of analysis & critique of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 8 pages of analysis & critique of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
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[C. S. Lewis's] Narnian series hinges upon the acceptance of supernatural phenomena…. (p. 33)

There are, of course, skeptics in these books. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the children did not accept Lucy's tale about discovering Narnia when they first heard it. They consulted the wise old professor about her strange story. They complained that when they looked in the wardrobe there was nothing there, asserting that if things are real they're there all the time. "Are they?" the Professor said. The time element also bothered the children. During less than one minute, Lucy claimed to have spent several hours in Narnia. "That is the very thing that makes her story so likely to be true," said the Professor. He explained that if there really was a door in his house that led to some other world, it would be very likely that the other world...

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