Category: reading

In the book, “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe,” by C.S. Lewis, I think that Edmunds spitefulness and selfishness truly affects the story. I think that Edmund is the way that he is because he has been treated wrongly, and he uses his anger to power his spitefulness and selfishness. Beforehand, after Edmund reported that his siblings were heading toward the stone table to the White Witch, the White Witch had taken him prisoner due to the fact that he was not useful to her anymore. If Edmund hadn’t been so accustomed to the thought of being king, he wouldn’t have told himself that the White Witch was safe and kind, because she was truly evil (having taken power over Narnia without being the rightful queen).

Edmund might have acted selfish and spiteful because his siblings never thought highly of him. They always knew that he was a selfish and spiteful boy, so they always told him so. The other three siblings always claimed that he was “a beast,” or that he was “beastly.” These comments always angered Edmund, for they seemed key to his spitefulness and selfishness. Edmund thought to himself, “when I am king of Narnia, let’s see just what they think of me then.” If they had merely encouraged him to be kinder, he may not have ended up betraying his siblings to the White Witch.

Edmund’s selfishness, or even greed was a key trait that pulled him to betray his siblings to the White Witch. Therefore, because he craved the Witch’s enchanted turkish delight so much, his greed for the tasty candy seemed more important to him than his siblings’ safety. This proves his great selfishness and greed, for if Edmund hadn’t felt both such greed for turkish delight and such selfishness that he was not at all concerned for the safety of others, the three siblings would still be perfectly safe. Meanwhile, they are barely escaping the clutches of the dangerous Witch.

In conclusion, I think that Edmunds selfishness and spitefulness was triggered by his greediness, and also because he was mistreated by his three siblings. Due to Edmund’s selfishness and spitefulness, many of the problems that his three siblings face are getting worse and worse every second that the White Witch continues to pursue them.

In the book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, by C.W. Lewis, I think that Narnia can be a very dangerous place. Lucy and her three siblings, Edmund, Susan, and Peter, discovered a wardrobe that led them into Narnia. Narnia seems to be occupied by any unordinary creatures, with no humans at all. When Lucy first travels into Narnia, she meets a faun named Mr. Tumnis. Soon after, the rest of her siblings found themselves in Narnia as well. When they ventured to Mr. Tumnis’s house, they found that it had been ransacked ny the White Witch and that Mr. Tumnis himself had been taken captive. The siblings were shocked, and they themselves seemed to be developing a bad feeling about Narnia.

I think that Narnia is dangerous because the White Witch has taken power over all of Narnia, claiming that she is the “Queen of Narnia.” In reality, she really just threatens the creatures living there. She shows her power by making it only winter in Narnia, yet it never gets to Christmas. When the Witch took Mr. Tumnis, it was because she had ordered him to kidnap Lucy (with threats) and take her to him. When she discovered that he had disobeyed her, she would for sure punish him cruelly. In our world, there is nothing that is as dangerous as what the White Witch can do.

Another reason that I think that Narnia is dangerous is because Mr. Tumnis told lucy that the White Witch has a great amount of the population of Narnia spying for her. This seems to be dangerous to anyone doing something that the White Witch doesn’t particularly like. For example, the White Witch wants to gain power over humans, so for Lucy and her siblings Narnia is especially dangerous. If one of the spies sends word to the White Witch about them, they can be in even greater danger in the Witch’s grasp then they would have been just out in the open in Narnia. How are Lucy and her siblings supposed to know who to trust and who not to trust?

Overall, I think that Narnia is a very dangerous place. I think the White Witch and her spies may all play a key role in the fact that Narnia can not be trusted, and neither can the creatures (and even trees) in Narnia be trusted.