The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

In the “Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe” by C.S Lewis, Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter all get evacuated to a mysterious country house in England during WWII. As they play a game, Lucy comes into the magical world of Narnia through a wardrobe. However, the White Witch has made it everlasting winter. Edmund has been tricked to help the White Witch with her plans to keep herself in control of Narnia. Edmund has been really spiteful towards Lucy.

The reason I most strongly believe in is that he is trying to make himself more heard and to get more attention by his siblings. This is because, he is in the totally wrong position to be the most listened to. Susan and Peter are both much older than the other two, so are the most respected and reliable. Lucy is the youngest, so the others give her time to speak, to stop her from feeling bad. However, this means that Edmund isn’t getting as much attention as the others. This would make him jealous, upset and angry, all of which can contribute to spitefulness. I think that this would be the most likely reason.

Another reason could be a form of self esteem taken to far. What this would be is in his case is him not wanting to believe anyone else could possibly be right. Then, he naggs them about the fact that their wrong because he wants to send the message that he’s always right and they aren’t, just in case they didn’t realise that they truly were wrong. And once he knows he’s wrong, he wants to cover his mistake and make it seem like he never was wrong. One way to do this is to lie about it, even if it’s really mean towards the person who was right. Despite the many options, this is the easiest way out, and Edmund took it.

The following are the reasons I think that Edmund might be spiteful. Out of not speaking so trying to get attention, and too much self esteem.