C.S. Lewis’ book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, is a great example of the use of word to represent the holy. Lewis uses his words to tell a story that has connections to the Christian Faith. One of the children, Edmund, betrays his siblings and Aslan to go to the White Witch. This correlates to Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Aslan then sacrifices himself to save Edmund from being sacrificed. Because he gave his life in the place of another and he had done no wrong, he was resurrected. This correlates to Jesus dying on the cross and rising from the dead. The stone table that Aslan is killed on cracks when he is about to rise from the dead. This is similar to the rock in front of Jesus’ tomb being moved to the side by no human hand.
I never knew this book had Christian undertones until my father told me one day. After he said that Aslan was like Jesus, it was like a light bulb went on in my head. I could see all the relationships between the story and Christianity. I like how there is a children’s book that explains these concepts in some way other than a children’s Bible.
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