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I loved the Narnia books and read them to my children when they were little.. When the Narnia movies came out, we had fun watching them together. They were so fantastic that I began wondering about the man behind the stories. After all, these are true classics and I don't know many grown men who write such in depth "children's stories". C. S. Lewis was an individual as complex as the stories themselves. It was very interesting learn something about his life.

A Master Storyteller

can make everyday life exciting

C.S.Lewis was able to envision things on more than one level at a time. He wrote a series of stories that were meant to be more than just fairy tales. His Narnia series was a commentary on Christianity as well as a children's tale. It is easy for a child to see the death and resurrection of Aslan as a parallel for Jesus and Lewis did it in a way that fascinated his readers.

If you have seen the movie, Shadowlands, you realize that 'Jack' was probably not the easiest man to live with. One of the reasons he married Joy Gresham was because he saw her as an intellectual equal and thus someone able to be his friend. Imagine his surprise to find love waiting for him in that marriage of convenience.

There is so much more to C.S.Lewis than we find on the movie screen. Raised in the church as a boy, from the ages of 15 to 33 he claimed to be an atheist. After reading George MacDonald and conversing with J.R.Tolkien, he embraced Christianity. His questions gave him a unique perspective on his faith which led to the Screwtape Letters.

The more you learn about C. S. Lewis, the more fascinating he seems but then, only a complex individual could create such a world as Narnia.

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