“Once the feet are put right, all the rest of him will follow”. Those were Aslan’s words on chapter 16 of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, as he was bringing a giant back to life after it had been turned into stone by the Witch. Susan was worried that the giant would cause more harm than good, but Aslan knew what was the right thing to be done. While they were rescuing the statues at the castle, Peter and Edmund were fighting the Witch and her army. In the book, it states that it appeared to have many more people fighting for the Witch, than against her. However, once Aslan and those whom he rescued arrived at the battle, they joined the others and with their help they could defeat the Witch and her forces. Thinking over and over about it, I concluded that the rescue party showed to be more important to C.S. Lewis than the army because of two reasons. …show more content…
C.S. Lewis took the focus out of the battle because he knew, that good would conquer the evil does not matter the circumstances of the battle. Those who were turned into statue needed to be save as those who in the real world need to be saved to be closer to God again. This first point connects with the second point, because those who were saved were extremely necessary to help during the battle and conquer the Witch and her army. Without their help, Peter and Edmund were probably going to struggle way more than they did during the battle. And that is what made the rescue party more important to Lewis, the fact that they were extremely necessary for the defeat of the
At the beginning of the novel “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” the author, C. S. Lewis says that the novel is written for his goddaughter, Lucy. Lewis, in turn, names the main character and youngest child in the book Lucy. As Martha described in her book Lucy is innocent, pure and kind. When reading “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” Lucy was the character in the novel that I felt most connected to. The Chronicles or Narnia books were written for children as an allegorical devise to interest children in Christianity.
C.S. Lewis gives Aslan great power in the book which makes him the high being in the story, also known as God. The witch who represents satan since she tries to get others to do what she wants and tries to control people with her powers. Digory and polly who have traits as Adam and Eve did. “Now, my boy. Slip on your ring.
There is one entity that humans seem to embrace more than life itself in society. It tears away at our hearts and makes us vulnerable to suffering, yet we still worship it. We crave it. We as people have created in our minds a deadly poison; a poison without a cure. The root of wickedness comes out of the cruelty of humanity and its love for money.
Feisal Rauf, and activist for the muslim religion, once said, “the truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse.” While this quote is pretty straight forward a book by Harper Lee writes a book on this topic too. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about justice and reveals how the killing of innocents is an act of injustice. This is shown throughout the book in many ways. One way is from a quote by Atticus and Miss.
How Capitan Hook lost his hand Prologue Since a long time ago, in the depths of Neverland, Captain Hook has been known for his kind gesture of adopting orphans that were lost in such dangerous territory. The first of many others boys turned out to be the Captain’s favorite for many years, whose name was Peter Pan. He was found at night, inside a cold and foggy jungle, and thanked the man he later called father. Hook and Peter Pan had a unique relationship, as the pirate took care of the boy, who didn´t remember anything about his biological parents. Later on, more orphans were found and, searching for the feeling of accomplishment felt when his First was found, Hook sheltered all the ones who needed him the most.
A hero is defined as someone who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievement, or noble qualities. While in this book, the main character shows the character trait of hero. In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, the story is about the main character, Christopher, going through different struggles and resolving them throughout the book. Without a doubt, Christopher is a hero because he is brave, he never gives up on something, and he follows the steps to heroic journey. Christopher is a hero because he has gone through different problems and solved them with courage, which shows that he is brave.
Macbeth is the Shakespearean play that features the triumphant uprise and the inevitable downfall of its main character. In this play, Macbeth’s downfall can be considered to be the loss of his moral integrity and this is achieved by ambition, despite this, Lady Macbeth and the witches work through his ambition, furthering to assist his inevitable ruin. Ambition alone is the most significant factor that led to Macbeth’s downfall. The witches are only able to influence his actions through Macbeth’s pre-existing and the three witches see that Macbeth has ambition and uses it to control his action. Ambition alone is displayed throughout the play to be the most significant cause for Macbeth’s downfall.
Innocence is the state, quality, or fact of being innocent of crime or offense. In the town of Maycomb innocent people are wrongfully accused of things, one didn’t do, such as rapping someone. Or one having horrific rumors surrounding them. In the story “To Kill A Mockingbird” people are accused of things just because of how one looks, and the rumors surrounding them. In the story, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are shown as mockingbirds in different ways showing that people should not be as quick to judge.
The quote relates to a major theme in the novel because Atticus makes a statement about killing blue jays but never killing mocking birds . Scout feels the need to question her fathers edict because it is unusual. This quote explains how similar Atticus and Miss Maudie are. They both agree strongly that it is a sin to kill a mocking bird, an animal symbolic of Boo radley and Tom Robinson. Neither has causee harm, and prove only to have pure hearts.
Responses to Racism Many stories or novels have a conflict inside pages of the book; it’s necessary part of a book’s story to give the characters something to voice their opinion and their personality on. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee also has conflicts. The main conflict is between the children and society's norms on racism, especially toward Tom Robinson, a african- american who is suspected of the rape of Mayella Ewell. Dill opposes against the town’s racism openly while in Tom’s trial.
. People said they were Mayella Ewell's." (Lee 194) The smell and display of the beautiful flowers in the garden still help us to understand the lack of wealth and family. Mayella is trying to be better than the reputation of her family.
When Jack failed to keep the signal fire going, Ralph scolded him because at the same time the smoke went out, a ship passed by the island. Jack in embarrassment and irritation and, “Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks. Piggy cried out in terror… “One side’s broken.”’ (Golding, 71).
Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. ”(Lee,page 103). In To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, the main focus on the book is to show various forms of discrimination, narrated by a young Scout Finch. The main point of the book is to portray what life was like in the 1930s for people of all social classes, and show how people were treated differently for things that were not under their control. To Kill a Mockingbird is about an unfair trial that occured in the 1930’s on a black man named Tom Robinson that was under the impression that he had raped a white girl, while it was all consensual, the trial occurred due to the stigma of a black man and a white woman in a relationship.
These were popular held beliefs that impacted the daily routines of the Salem citizens. These beliefs, however, were threatened when one was accused of being a witch. In the play, we can see the impact this threat has upon characters such as Reverend Hale, John Proctor, and many others. It began
Passage 1 The context of this scene is after Macbeth received his promotion to Thane of Cawdor and he sent a letter to his wife Lady Macbeth, who was at Macbeth’s castle. A messenger gave Lady Macbeth a letter written by Macbeth which described his promotion to Thane of Cawdor. This promotion is ultimately what this excerpt of passage is referring to along with Lady Macbeth’s desire for her husband to further advance up the ranks and seize the crown, which King Duncan currently holds. In this passage, which contains Lady Macbeth’s famous, “Unsex me speech,” Lady Macbeth shakes off her femininity in order to do the dirty work require to overthrow Duncan and install Macbeth as King.