Emotional Deprivation of Children in C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Authore(s) : Ms. K. Priscilla Harshini & Dr. M. Nagalakshmi ||| Reseacher

Volume : 9, Issue : 01, January - 2022

Abstract : This paper is about the dangers that World War II imposed on the minds of children. During World War II, children were evacuated from their families and homelands for survival from constant air raids and war conflicts. World War I is not as traumatised as World War II as it did not concern women and children. World War II has had a greater impact on history and the mental status of children has become worse than in World War I. Children mainly suffer from war and civil and political conflicts. Most importantly, children who live in warzone countries have experienced pain and suffering due to the unpredictable fighting and air raids. The sudden and temporary evacuation from their families has affected them mentally and psychologically. C.S. Lewis has beautifully portrayed the calamities that children faced during World War II. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe talks about the four Pevensie children— Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy—leaving their mother in London and travelling by train with other children who are being evacuated from London for survival. The paper talks about how strong the Pevensie children are and how they manage to accept the situation and run away from the great ruin in their city without their mother. The fear and anxiety soon make them battle against evil and give freedom and peace to another world that is beyond the world of reality.

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Books and book articles Primary Source Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Vol. New York: HarperCollins Children's Books, 1950. Secondary sources Downing, David C. "Into the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles." San Francisco, US: Jossey-Bass, 2005. Ditchfield, Christin. "A Family Guide to Narnia: Biblical Truths in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia."... More

Books and book articles Primary Source

1. Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Vol.
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Francisco, US: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

2. Ditchfield, Christin. "A Family Guide to Narnia: Biblical Truths in C.S. Lewis’s The

Chronicles of Narnia." Illinois, US: Crossway, 2003.

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