Characters | llw-narnia

From the start

There has been much discussion in the past about the Christian symbolism in this book. It’s pretty obvious that Aslan seems to represent Jesus. Take a look at these Bible characters and decide what sort of animal should represent them in a fantasy movie:

Moses

David (both young and older)

Joseph (the guy with the coat)

Mary (Mother of Jesus)

Joseph (Mary’s husband).

Mary (the Magdalene)

Paul

Timothy

Peter

Judas

Edmund:

Peter asks Edmund. “Why can’t you do as you’re told?” How does this trait both hinder and help Edmund?

Can you name someone in our culture who is known for

never doing what they’re told?

Do you know someone like this?

How is this both positive and negative?

Lucy

When Lucy enters Narnia the first time she is constantly

looking back to make sure the way out is still there.

How does this fit in with Lucy’s character?

Are you more of a “looking back” or a “rushing forward”

person?

Peter

Is Peter ready for the responsibility that his mother

gives him?

How does he change?

Can you point to a single event in your life and say

“Yeah, I grew up a lot there”?

Susan

Lucy or Susan could have left and gone back to the “real world” but that would have changed the outcome of the war. What decisions have you made recently that greatly affected someone else’s life?

If you thought your actions would cause a war in which millions would die, how likely would you be to go through with them?

Believe it or not:

The professor has three options when the children discuss Lucy’s story. What are they?

Now read Luke 4:16-30

Jesus stood up and told the crowds who he was and he wasn’t believed. Many of the things Jesus said must have made him sound mad to the world. Yet we have three options.

Why do some people refuse to believe until they actually experience it?

Why did Edmund not confirm Lucy’s story when he had a chance?

Why do some people refuse to believe even when the miracle is right in front of them?

Jail for your beliefs?

Lucy’s friend the faun is chained in prison and believes that he has been imprisoned because he believes in a free Narnia. Have you ever protested something?

Signed a petition? How political are you?

What cause do you feel strongly about?

Would you go to jail for it?

Father Christmas

Why do you think that Lewis chose to have Father Christmas give the gifts to the children?

How does it show that the White Witch’s power is beginning to fade?

Does it mean any less that the gifts came from Father

Christmas and not from Aslan?

In the (movie)scene in which the children are caught on the

ice-flow, there is a wolf who tells the children to give up.

Susan tells Peter to listen to the wolf. Why do you think she

does this?