When the first movie in The Chronicles of Narnia series, (The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe) came out I was really excited to see it. I had never even heard of the books, or the phenominal C.S. Lewis beforehand. After seeing the movie in the theater I immediately decided I needed to read the books. So I set out to Mardel's and bought a 767 page book that encompasses all of the Narnia books. It took me about a month to read the 7 books. Some friends of mine and I spent many hours nestled up by a warm fire reading. After finishing the books, I felt sad. Sad because I wouldn't be going on any more Narnian adventures.
Now the second movie (Prince Caspian) has come out which is actually the fourth book if you are reading in order of which they were intended, not published. I saw it and decided to brush up on the real story of Prince Caspian once again. I finished it just today, the books are an easy read, if you start from the beginning. Over all I had about 4 hours invested in it (but that's beside the point, I'm always getting off track with extra details).
After having read it again and noticing the large gaps between the movie and the book, I like the book better. Go figure, who can beat the literary genius, Lewis?
This is one thing I have been wondering about though: what does the land of Narnia symbolize? I know what most of the symbolic attributes represent such as the Lion, different talking animals, people, etc. but I don't know about the actual place. Is it really a world, maybe the Christian journey, I'm not sure.
So give me your Narnian smarts! What do you think the land of Narnia represents, or does it have a meaning at all?
Now the second movie (Prince Caspian) has come out which is actually the fourth book if you are reading in order of which they were intended, not published. I saw it and decided to brush up on the real story of Prince Caspian once again. I finished it just today, the books are an easy read, if you start from the beginning. Over all I had about 4 hours invested in it (but that's beside the point, I'm always getting off track with extra details).
After having read it again and noticing the large gaps between the movie and the book, I like the book better. Go figure, who can beat the literary genius, Lewis?
This is one thing I have been wondering about though: what does the land of Narnia symbolize? I know what most of the symbolic attributes represent such as the Lion, different talking animals, people, etc. but I don't know about the actual place. Is it really a world, maybe the Christian journey, I'm not sure.
So give me your Narnian smarts! What do you think the land of Narnia represents, or does it have a meaning at all?
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