Prince Caspian C.S. LEWIS Describe the main setting. How important is it? Does the setting help set a mood? What is it?

The majority of the story takes place is a fictional land called Narnia. The land of Narnia has a real world basic outline but everything in Narnia is seemingly touched by magic. It will be explained that most of the animals in Narnia are larger than real world animals and can talk and walk like people. There are also mythical creatures that exist here such as fauns, centaurs, and giants. The trees and the water also have a life force of their own and are able to move and to converse with other creatures. While the majority of the story takes place in Narnia, the book will begin and end in England where the children are about to go to boarding school.

When the children are taken to Narnia, they first find the place where their castle had stood in Cair Paravel many years earlier. The children remember how the land should have looked and did look when they last were in Narnia. The reader will be able to see how the children believe things should have been and what has changed so much that leave them feeling confused. There will be an orchard that they had seen started and find it full grown and bearing lots of fruit. There will also be pieces of land that connected peninsulas that are no longer there. While the children will find much of what they knew gone, they will see occasional pieces of their past that leave them no question as to their location.