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Christian Faith In C. S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

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One of the greatest fiction writers of all-time is C.S. Lewis. Lewis is not only great because of his writing skills, but also because of how he inputs his Christian faith into his different writings. In one of his most famous writings, and the classic novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, author C.S Lewis is trying to teach youth readers lesson’s about Christianity through some of the characters in this story, more specifically, Edmund and Aslan. One lesson that he can teach children a lesson about sin. In the story, Edmund betrays his brother and sisters and joins the side of the White Witch. He first met the White Witch right when he came into Narnia and he was instantly influenced by her. When the siblings were at the beaver’s house, Edmund left and went off the Witch’s castle. Edmund knew that what he was doing was wrong, but he was so tempted by the Witch and the Turkish Delight that he couldn’t resist going. We know this from page 96 when Lewis writes the following, “It wasn’t a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.” This is a good example of how we sin in our lives. We often know that we are sinning and that we shouldn’t be doing it but are so tempted by the Devil …show more content…

In the later part of the story, Edmund returns to the side of Aslan and his siblings and they forgive him for his mistakes. This quotes shows the groups compassion and forgiveness towards their sibling: “Here is your brother," he said, "and – there is no need to talk to him about what is past." Edmund shook hands with each of the others and said to each of them in turn, "I'm sorry," and everyone said "That's all right." And then everyone wanted very hard to say something which would make it quite clear that they were all friends with him again – something ordinary and natural – and of course no one could think of anything in the world to

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