Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Appreciation draft

                                   The lion, the witch & the wardrobe draft
                                                                   by Mohammad uddin 810

                 My personal experience with the lion ,the witch and the wardrobe was when I was in 3rd grade .When books like chronicles of Narnia widened my imagination.Characters like peter, aslan, the white witch & the professor showed me colors of characteristics of them ; the bravery of & remarkable leadership of peter and aslan, the cunning and chilling powers of the white witch and the open arms and wisdom of the professor, these characters stand for something in the book whether they stand for good of life like Peter, Aslan and the professor or whether they stand for evil in life like the white witch her servants or the fox.

When i think about the dialogue it's really interesting to see how everything is neatly in order that leads situations to other situations. For example: first the story starts off of how everything was chaotic in England because of the war that was happening  so their mother sends them to a place far off into a huge manor to live with a professor: And when they arrive, they discover the wardrobe that connects their real world into the world of fantasy. This dialogue is very interesting because it truly shows how the kids explore different places in time to time so it's really great to  see some exploring in the book that's part of the dialogue.and it's very interesting how they came to the manor because their home was under war and when they discover Narnia they later, in order to save Narnia must WAGE war so almost as if escaping war and then waging it to save a different world you've even seen.

Because i read the book it also inspired me to watch the movie that had just released in box office. When we watched the movie in school there were lots of details the movie had that the book didn't have and lots of details the book had the movie DIDN'T have one of those examples is (and i'm embarrassed to say this) that when the white witch sacrifices Aslan's life in his forfeit it's very sad how the servants and army of the white witch humiliates the lion and it almost made me sad. But still at the same time both movie and book were very enjoyable and easy to get into because both book & movie are so much alike with the storyline of their journey to narnia. Despite detail difference and so much thrilling.Although i do sometimes wonder how Peter, Lucy and Susan manage to forgive Edmund for his aid and promise to bring his brother and sisters to the white witch very most funny to me just for some Turkish delight which the white witch gives to him at the introduction of which and where they meet each other and that leads for the white witch into tricking him that if he brings his brother and sisters he will get more treats as well as them. And that's ANOTHER great part of the story dialogue i love : connections of storyline how one thing leads the kids to one thing to another then to another which eventually fits every pieces in the puzzle (the book/story).

Another good aspect of the story important to me and i  appreciate is relationships. There are so many relationships in the book : the relation ship Peter, Lucy, Susan & Edmund share the relationship beavers share with each other, the relationship aslan has with the white witch (apparently not a good one...) the relationship the horses share but one foremost important relationship to me i think is the relationship shared by Lucy and Mr. tumnus it really is important because they become good friends in such quick time and Mr. tumnus tells Lucy that he has to capture little kids in order of the white witch and he feels guilty and starts to cry and so lucy tellls him to stop crying and tells him it's all right so mr. tumnus feels really touched and helps her get out of narnia before the white witch captures her. When Lucy finds out that Edmund is also in Narnia he tells her he talked to the white witch and Lucy tells him that the white witch is evil. That leads to Edmund getting captured by the white witch and the kids rescuing him and then waging a war against the white witch in order to save Narnia. And so the story really is fast pacing and thrilling.

And that's why i would recommend this book to anyone who likes thrilling and exciting fantasy stories because it's not always about action ... no, it's more than that : it's also about how the book makes you realize how much you like it and come appreciate it because of all the characters and their role in the story they really DO give you memories and unforgettable moments of which you read the book or at least that's why I like this book and am writing this appreciation right now. And if you like characters who give you unforgettable childhood memorable imagination then i would definitely recommend this book to you if you haven't already read it.