As I was thinking which book should I write about for May's book report, I came across this good old, famous and classic book which was written by C.S. Lewis and was first published in 1950-The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I'm sure most of the people have heard or read of this wonderful story, but still allow me to tell you the ending of the story first.
So after the battle with the White Witch, Jardis, the four children : Edmund, Susan, Peter and Lucy were crowned king and queens of the kingdom of Narnia while Aslan, the great Lion slips away quietly and disappears after the coronation. The four children ruled over the kingdom for fifteen years with great leaderships and improved the kingdom a lot, but one day when they were hunting in the forest they found a lamppost in the forest. As they go beyond it, branches turned into coats, and the next moment they came tumbling out of the wardrobe in Professor's house, and they were no longer kings and queens, but just their children form with old clothes.This is because, during their whole stay in Narnia, almost no time had gone by in the real world, despite so many years' having gone by in Narnia time. The Professor listened to the kid's stories and believed them all, but he said not to try going back in again, beacause they'll get back to Narnia when they are not looking for it.
May's book report response: do you like the ending? Totally! Why? Well, there's a few reasons. Firstly, the ending was fantastic as it shows how the time works between two dimensions. It totally blew my mind when I read that no time has passed at all in the real world even though they had lived in Narnia for 15 years. At this point, I was wondering what will the people in the kingdom of Narnia do when they found out that their kings and queens disappeared? This really piques my interest and started to wonder about it.
Next, the ending is hinting for a sequel to this story. I was so exicted about it! I was always thinking about the ending of this story and tried to imagine what could happen in the next series, since this story ends with the children coming back to real world and not able to inform the Narnians that they are gone.
Finally, the story also ends with a good ending: the Narnians prevailed in the war against the Wtich who died and Aslan came back alive. When I first read the story, my heart was shattered to pieces because I thought that Aslan really had died by the hands of the Witch and she is going to win the war. But in the end, Aslan returned from nowhere, turned the tides of the war and totally destroyed the Witch, thus bringing back peace to the lands of Narnia.
All in all, the ending was really good and this book was really, really good and I definitely encourage everyone to read back this classic, fantasy novel, as it certainly will bring you to a world of creativity and let your imagination run wild.
Loh Khang Wen
4 Cergas
17-5-2014
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