Four siblings discovered that a wardrobe in an old country house was a portal that connected their world to the magical land of Narnia. There, it is winter for over hundreds of years, due to the spell casted by the evil white witch.
On his first trip to Narnia alone, Edmund meets the evil White Witch and is lured into betraying his siblings. However, just when all hope was lost, the real king of Narnia, Aslan, returns to the land, heralding the end of the endless winter. A prophecy was later reviewed to them. If all four siblings were to make it to Cair Paravel and sit on the four thrones, the witch will meet her doom.
Aslan taps into the deeper magic before the dawn of time and frees Edmund from the curse that was placed by the white witch. The white witch later launches an all out attack on the four humans when she realised that Aslan had been away for awhile. Just when she looked like she was going to win, Aslan comes back with a huge army behind him. He kills the white witch personally through his razor sharp claws and finally, the evil that hung over Narnia for the past centuries had been removed. The children, who fought gallantly in the battle were later proclaimed kings and queens of Narnia.
Setting
My favourite setting is the stone table. It was where Aslan was humiliated, killed and reborned. As Edmund has ate the witch’s food, his blood was her property, as she knew the deep magic of the dawn of time. So, Aslan tried to be the one who will get killed, and the witch agreed. That night, he went face to face with the witch and many other creatures and get tortured and finally killed. He was reborned as he knew the deeper magic before the dawn of time.
My favourite character: ASLAN
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| Picture of Aslan in the movie |
The plot which I feel should be changed
Why did I want to change the plot?
The plot in which the author used does not depict the true evilness of the Witch is. She would simply just kill him instantly, but only if she has no choice, would she sweet talk to him and try to prepare against him.
THE ORINGINAL PLOT
Chapter 4
From: Then, just as he gave himself up for lost, she appeared to change her mind……
To: He was quite warm now, and very comfortable.THE CHANGED PLOT
Chapter 4
Just then, the witch raised her wand, just when she was about to turn him into a statue, Edmund saw a weird looking person as tall as a house. It pounced on her just in time, and her wand was broken. The witch gave a yell of rage and hurriedly retreated on her sledge. After he warned him about the witch, he took off. The moment he was out of sight, the witch appeared again.
“Now, now, son of Adam, don’t be afraid. I’m not going to harm you.” she said, and smiled. “ Are you cold? Now come here and I’ll put a jacket over you.What would you like? Perhaps a warm drink? How about some roasted duck?”
“No thanks,” said Edmund, and turned to go knowing that she was up to no good.
"Now, son of Adam, do you not know that that monster you saw was a bully? He pushed me away and broke my wand! And I was just playing with it! A truly horrible thing. Just look,” said the witch, and presented her broken wand.
“What about a nice warm glass of hot cocoa, with some delicious Turkish delight? And we will talk over the matter,” said the witch in a kind voice, which is not the usual for her.
Full of greed, Edmund hurriedly agreed. Soon, he was sitting beside the Queen, on the sledge, eating at his food very comfortably.
Hi Nicholas,
ReplyDeleteYour introduction to the book/show was quite descriptive and concise. It provided sufficient background for the readers/viewers to know what the show is about. I can see that you placed in effort in trying to change the plot and I find that it was quite a good change. You should include more things such as what you have learned from the book/show as well as your opinions on Edmund’s betrayal.
I, for an example, learnt that evil never prevails. No matter how hard the White Witch tries, she cannot succeed in removing the existence of Aslan. Aslan was able to revive as he was knowledgeable and kind. Therefore, he was spared from death.
I look forward to more posts from you!
Cheers,
Leonard
Hello Nicholas,
ReplyDeleteAs I have watched the Chronicles of Narnia, I am able to say that your introduction (despite it being for a book) is actually very accurate and simple, yet descriptive. An for your modification of the story, you have put in quite some effort to give a more modern feel as well as a less cliched one.
In your description, Aslan seems to be perfect. Indeed, I feel that he was the only character meant to be perfect in the story. The author of the story was a strong believer of Christianity, thus incorporated the idealogies of Christianity into the stories written. In this case, Aslan actually represents Jesus who, similarly to how Aslan sacrificed his life and pride for a betrayer, died on the cross for God to forgive the sins of mankind. Yet, he was revived after death, similar to how Aslan was revived. I feel that this introduction could have stated about such examples of symbolism from other sources/beliefs, but overall, the introduction is well-written and has good organisation!
Kai Xiang
I always like your blog post because you always come with different ideas and information. :)
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