I started ready the books after I saw the first movie, I know your supposed to read the book first, but is the lion in any other the other books or just the first one?
2006-11-23 17:56:43 · 15 answers · asked by p_rob22 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was the first written although if you look at by plot, The Magician's Nephew is first and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is second.
Aslan is in all the books.
2006-11-23 18:00:45 · answer #1 · answered by feanor 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Congratulations on reading the books - they are some of my favorites.
The Lion is significant in some way in every one of the 7 books. C.S. Lewis, the author of Chronicles of Narnia, was a noted Christian philosopher and theorist and "Aslan" the lion is his analogy for Christ in the series. So even if Aslan is not directly involved in the plot, the characters refer to him, sense his presence, or are inspired by him or past encounters with him.
This doesn't mean you have to be a Christian to read or enjoy the Narnia series. The ideas are sort of underneath the story, but they don't make the story just a religious story. I'm jewish, and I love the books. They kind of taught me a little about christianity when I was old enough to get the Aslan - Christ connection and I think that was a good thing.
When I first read the books, I read them in the order they were written, which is:
1. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
2. Prince Caspian (also being made into a movie, in production now)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4. The Silver Chair
5. The Horse and his Boy
6. The Magician's Nephew
7. The Last Battle
However, a few years ago they decided to republish the series in the order the events take place, instead of the order they were written. That made book 6 (Magician's nephew) first since it's about the "creation" of narnia (and explains the wardrobe) and book 5 (the horse and his boy) third because it takes place "during" the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. But I liked reading them in the order they were written, especially because then the stuff that gets explained in "Magician's nephew" is a cool sort of mystery revelation instead of being something you already know when you start reading the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Also... the 4 kids do show up in subsequent books. All 4 are in Prince Caspian and all 4 have small parts in the Horse and his boy. Some of the 4 show up in voyage of the Dawn treader and the Last Battle and they are sort of mentioned in Silver Chair. The only one they aren't in at all is the Magician's Nephew, since it is supposed to take place before they were born.
2006-11-23 18:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by lalabee 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Aslan is in all 7 books. However, even though The Lion, the Witch. and the Wardrobe was the first written, it was not the first chronologically. The best order to read them in (and to be able to understand what's going on) is:
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy (occurs during TL, TW, & TW)
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
2006-11-27 02:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by scoot_478 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read all the books but that was about 25 years ago.
Aslan is woven throughout the series. According to most critics, C.S. Lewis intended him as a representation of Christ.
And by the way, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" is not the first book in the series. The first one is called "The Magician's Nephew." The last one, entitled "The Last Battle," is meant to represent Revelations from the Bible. Aslan has a major role in that one...There are seven books in the series.
They're all really good -- worth reading.
2006-11-23 18:15:10 · answer #4 · answered by rorose 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Aslan is supposed to be the creator of Narnia and some consider him as God so he does his appearance in all of them. The last book is a bit boring though...
By the way, there's a book before The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe. It's called the Magician's nephew. C.S.Lewis wrote it after the second one but it is the beginning...
2006-11-23 18:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by Nkaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aslan is in all of the books. You can start with "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," but "The Magician's Nephew" is actually a prequel to the stories, and explains the beginnings of Narnia, as well as how the witch came to be there, and why the wardrobe was a gateway to Narnia.
I've listed a link to the official Narnia site, as well as links to C.S. Lewis. His story is at least as interesting as the books he wrote.
2006-11-23 18:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by scheshirecat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If memory serves Me correctly, the Lion is in the first 3 of the 4 books.
2006-11-23 18:00:03 · answer #7 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe Aslan is in all of the books becaus he is one of the most important characters in the series. Personally, though, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is by far the best. I know for a fact that the four kids don't appear again but somehow these four ordinary kids lighten the warm the mood of the whole story. Wouldn't you agree?
2006-11-23 18:17:25 · answer #8 · answered by astrofya 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I never read the book yet.. maybe some time I should. Saw the movie and liked it.. except for the ... opps.. some people haven't even seen it yet.. don't want to ruin it for them.
2006-11-23 18:03:17 · answer #9 · answered by MissBellaGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's also in the other books......except for 1 or 2 books(i think)
2006-11-23 20:49:11 · answer #10 · answered by Odz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋