Lewis uses love and enchantment to communicate the major Christian theme of good and evil.
In a writer's world, it is important to discern the audience and write in detail to pay attention to the surrounding culture and community around us. C.S. Lewis, an acclaimed author of fiction and the creator of the famous Narnia series, puts these ideas into action persuasively and effectively. He interweaves his ideas of love, enchantment, and Christian theology into almost all of his fictional books, especially the Narnia children's novels. He writes on a very deep level and takes into account every word he puts on the page. The analysis of love is one that is constantly brought up in pop culture, novels, movies, TV shows, and basically anywhere else we, living in the 21st century, look. However, Lewis describes love unlike many other authors, screenwriters, and actors. He uses his Christian beliefs to a great advantage, incorporating them into his pieces of literature. Although a work of fiction, Lewis incorporates aspects of his Christian beliefs into his children's book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. He even says that he wrote children's books "because a children's story is the best art-form for something you have to say," (Lewis 32). To show that love and hate intercedes in every aspect of life, author C. S. Lewis shows this specific theme throughout his novel with imagery of Aslan, enchantment, and truth that ultimately points to his perspective of the Christian morals of good and evil.
In this novel, there are multiple themes that can be pointed straight back to the Gospel and scripture, giving examples of Christian beliefs. There are many symbols that show Christ's love, including that of Aslan as a great lion. This theme is one that "only at the climax reveals its central significance," (Glover, 137). Much like the life of Jesus, the climax of what he does for us (dying on the cross for our sins) is not right at the beginning of his life.
