Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe Research Paper

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Books have been around for thousands of years. From the creation of the Torah, Bible, and Qur’an centuries ago to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, books have changed. Since the beginning of books, they have contained controversial content, from religious beliefs to perpetuation of gay love stories. For myriad reasons, including the aforementioned, books have been challenged and even banned. Christian and religious themed books in particular have been banned. Three such works, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle, and The Holy Bible translated by many different authors. This paper will discuss the authors of these books, the themes explored in said books, and the reasons behind the challenges …show more content…
The Guardian newspaper published an opinion piece in which one woman claimed that The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was, "Narnia is a strange blend of magic, myth and Christianity, some of it brilliantly fantastical and richly imaginative, some (the clunking allegory) toe-curlingly, cringingly awful...By the end, it feels profoundly manipulative, as Disney usually does. But then, that is also deeply faithful to the book's own arm-twisting emotional call to believers” (Toynbee). The group known as Americans United for Separation of Church and State has repeatedly attempted to ban the book and its series. In November of 2005, the group attempted to ban the book from all public school libraries in Florida after Florida Governor Jeb Bush promoted the book as part of a statewide summer reading program. The group’s director justified their actions by saying that the book was a retelling of the story of Christ, and therefore should be banned (Herzog). Many people view the chronicles of Narnia as a beloved children’s book, but because of its existence as a Christian allegory, many people and groups such as American United for Separation of Church and State have called for the book to be banned and
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