The Magician's Nephew

Surprisingly I have actually read this book before, but it was so long ago that I had very little memory of the events that occurred. The Magician's Nephew is basically a story of the creation and I love the symbolism that C.S. Lewis writes into these children's books.

One thing that I find really interesting is the fact that Lewis uses children in all of his books as the main hero's/characters. There are two different reasons I can see for this. 1. The Chronicles of Narnia were written for children, so naturally children should be placed in the spotlight. or 2. Lewis is trying to give deeper meaning to the book.

While I read these books I considered the scriptural idea that we are each called to "be like little children." I like to think that the reason Lewis put the children in these books is to show that sometimes, the hero of a story, needs to be innocent and youthful. The children as main characters remind us of the kind of people we should be. Children are submissive, and we also should be submissive to the call of Christ. Perhaps this is Lewis' way of reminding us to submit to Christ's will.