Chronicles of Narnia
Chronicles of Narnia
Chronicles of Narnia
(AUTHOR) C. S. Lewis
7 BOOKS
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 1950
Prince Caspian - 1951
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 1952
The Silver Chair – 1953
The Horse and His Boy - 1954
The Magician’s Nephew - 1955
The Last Battle - 1956
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
During the World War II bombing of London, four English siblings are sent to a
country house where they will be safe. One day Lucy finds a wardrobe that
transport her to a magical world called Narnia. After coming back, she soon
returns to Narnia with her brothers, Peters and Edmund, her sister, Susan. They
join the magical lion, Aslan, in the fight against the evil White Witch, Jadis.
Themes
Prince Caspian features a “return to Narnia” by the four Pevensie children of the first novel,
about 1300 years later in Narnia. It is the only book of The Chronicles with men dominating
Narnia. The talking animals and mythical beings are oppressed, and some may be endangered.
Characters
• Prince Caspian
Theme
• Pevensie siblings • Courage
• Chivalry
• Aslan the lion
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
Visiting their young cousin, Characters
Eustace, Lucy and Edmund come • Aslan the lion
across a painting of a majestic ship • Pevensie siblings
called the Dawn Treader. Suddenly,
• Caspian
the painting comes to life and
draws the youths into Narnia, Theme
where they meet their old friend, Dramatizes the eternal conflict between
King Caspian. Caspian is o quest to free and free will, which is of particular
find the seven lost Lords of Telmar, relevance in Christian theology. Many
whose swords will save Narnia characters have followed them from birth,
from evil green mist that enslaves while others show knowledge of the future
men’s minds and bodies. or accept that certain events are fated or
certain to occur.
The silver chair tells the story of Eustace Scrubb’s second
trip to Narnia, accompanied by hid friend Jill Pole, who THE SILVER
had never been there before. The two of them were CHAIR
running from bullies at their school when they entered a
door to hide, and found themselves in Aslan’s country
next to a great cliff. Aslan sent them to Narnia to find the
Characters
Kidnapped Prince Rilian, son of Caspian X. • Prince Caspian
Theme • Puddlegum
• Jill Pole
Courage - Puddlegum in particular shows
• Eustace Scrubb
himself to be very brave and puts his own
• Aslan the lion
life in danger a number of times for the
• Rilian
greater good of the group.
• Lady of the Green Kirtle
THE HORSE AND HIS BOY
Theme
The battles are shown as both internal battles within each character to do the
right thing, and also as an actual battle pitting the evil Rabadash against the
forces of good that are Narnia and Archenland.
Two neighborhood children meet and become friends during a summer in
London in the late 1800s. The two children Digory Kirke and Polly
Plummer, play together in the attic connecting the row of houses where
they live. One day while attempting to enter an abandoned house through
the attic, the two children take a wrong turn and surprise Digory’s
THE mysterious uncle, who spends a great deal of time locked in his study.
MAGICIAN’S Characters
NEPHEW • Digory Kirke
• Polly Plummer
• Andrew Ketterly