The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe By C. S. Lewis

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Courage. That’s what it takes to save a country. That’s what it takes to discover who you truly are. That’s what Lucy is made up of. In the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis, the White Witch tries to take over Narnia, but the Pevensie children come to the rescue. Then, there is a battle and the kids save Narnia. Lucy is an unlikely hero. First of all, Lucy saved Narnia, and she was brave in the midst of everything going on. To start, Lucy saved Narnia. After the battle ends, many people have been turned to stone. She can’t stand the sight of the terrible scene, so she saves everyone with the potion that Father Christmas had given her. Author C.S. Lewis wrote, “And for the next half hour they were busy—she attending to the wounded …show more content…

In the story, when Lucy is collecting her gifts from Father Christmas. He gives her a potion that could heal people, and a dagger to defend herself. He was giving all of the children gifts to help them in the battle against the White Witch. When she got her gifts, Lucy said, "Why, Sir," said Lucy. "I think—I don't know—but I think I could be brave enough" (Lewis 119). Even though Lucy is questioning her bravery in this line, she doesn’t know yet that she has such big potential. Later in the book though, she is going to beat the witch and save so many people. To add on, at the end of the story when all of the kids were grown up, each of the children have their own part that describes them in a special way. The author writes, “But as for Lucy, she was always gay and golden haired, and all Princes in those parts desired her to be their Queen, and her own people called her Queen Lucy the Valiant” (Lewis 201). This just shows that Lucy grew up to be beautiful, and happy. They call her Queen Lucy the Valiant because she is brave and courageous, and everyone wanted to marry her. That shows how Lucy is so brave, that other people notice

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