Angelica's power point is part of a presentation she gave to her class about the book. This was part of the 'Present-a-Book' competition that was held at St Thomas More College, Secondary School Sta Lucia in November 2015.

1. The Lion, the WitchThe Lion, the Witch
& the Wardrobe& the Wardrobe
C.S Lewis
Angelica Cutajar

2. Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963)
• Born in Belfast, Ireland
• Close friend with J.R.R. Tolkien
• After the outbreak of the war in 1939,
the Lewises took child evacuees from
London and other cities into The Kilns.
• Married to Joy Davidman in 1946
• Died on the same day that US
President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated.

3. How the Narnia novels-
were published first:
1. The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian (1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn
Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)
are presently ordered:
1. The Magician’s Nephew
2. The Lion the Witch and the
Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn
Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

4. “WhenI wrote The LionI did not know I was going to write any
more. ThenI wrote P. Caspian as a sequel and still didn’t think
there would beany more, and whenI had done The Voyage Ifelt
quite sure it would be the last. But Ifound as Iwas wrong. So
perhaps it does not matter very much in which order anyone read
them.” – C.S Lewis

5. MainCharacters
MainCharacters

6. Aslan
• Main character of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. He is
"the great Lion" of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and his role
in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books.
• Began the creation of Narnia.
• Has a gentle and loving nature but he is also depicted as powerful.

7. The Pevensie siblings
• The main human protagonists of The Chronicles of Narnia.
• Introduced in the series as children.
• Feature as adults in The Horse and His Boy as a result of the time
difference between the two worlds.

8. Georgie Henley as
Lucy Pevensie in the
2008 film, The
Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian.
Anna Popplewell as
Susan Pevensie in the
2005 film, The
Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and
the Wardrobe.

9. Skandar Keynes as
Edmund Pevensie in the
2008 film, The Chronicles
of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
William Moseley
as Peter Pevensie
in the 2008 film,
The Chronicles of
Narnia: Prince
Caspian.

10. Jadis- The White Witch
• Extraordinarily beautiful, tall and imposing woman
• Physically powerful
• Arrogant and cruel
• Kills her own sister together with the kingdom she
reigned; Charn

11. Background about
Background about
the Narnia novel
the Narnia novel

12. • The witch has ordered all Narnians to report or capture any humans
seen in Narnia.
• Edmund enters the wardrobe and gets into Narnia as well and meets
the White Witch.
• Soon after they tell the Professor about Narnia all four children enter
through the Wardrobe together.
• Mr. and Mrs. Beaver tell them of a prophecy that Jadis' power will fail
when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve fill the four
thrones at Cair Paravel.
• The snow begins to melt as Jadis' spell over Narnia starts to break due
to Aslan's arrival.

13. • Maugrim, the chief wolf of Jadis' Secret Police is killed by Peter, as he
tries to kill Susan.
• The siblings rescue Edmund just as the White Witch is about to kill
him.

15. Recommendation
• Full of adventure and suspense.
• Fiction & truth (-the reality of the Second World War).
• For people of all ages.

16. Thanking you for your
Thanking you for your
attention!
attention!