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"The Success of C. S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia" by Amber Cowart (http://cslewis.drzeus.net/papers/success.html) states that Lewis had two main purposes in writing the Narnia Chronicles (of which The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is arguably the most popular): "to entertain the readers and to suggest analogies of the Christian faith." Lewis was a Christian who had struggled with issues of faith after losing his wife. He knew grief, anf loss, and knew how his own faith had brought him through it. He wanted to share this with children. Lewis felt that the best way to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a world somewhat suspicious of Christians was to "present it in a fictional world, a world in which it would be easier to accept. The audience grows to love Aslan and everything that he symbolizes; they begin to wish for someone like Aslan in this world. After finding this love for Aslan, they will ideally transfer that love to Christ when presented with the Gospel later in life."

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