The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis (Book Summary and Review) - Minute Book Report
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- This is a quick book summary and analysis of The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly. New Minute Book Reports are posted every week.
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This is a story about a boy named Digory and a girl named Polly who are neighbors in London. Digory lives with his Uncle Andrew, a self-proclaimed magician, because his mother is very sick.
Uncle Andrew shows the children some rings that contain magical powers. After touching one of the rings, Polly suddenly disappears. Digory grabs a ring and goes after her.
Digory and Polly appear in a peaceful forest with several puddles. They discover that the puddles are doorways to other worlds and so they begin exploring.
The children then find themselves in a crumbling world called Charn. After ringing a magical bell, the Queen, Jadis, awakens. They learn that Jadis is an evil witch, but as they try to leave the world, Jadis grabs them, travelling with them.
Eventually, Jadis returns to London with the children and wants to rule the world. The children manage to transport Jadis back into another world, but bring along Uncle Andrew, a cabby, and a horse.
At first, this new world is dark, but the group hears a song and suddenly life begins to appear. The source of the singing is a lion and as he nears them, Jadis panics and throws a lamppost at the lion. Seeing that the lion is not hurt, Jadis runs.
The lion's name is Aslan and soon he creates other creatures in the world called Narnia. He designates some of the creatures as delegates, giving them the power of speech.
Aslan acknowledges the children and requests that Digory travel over the hills to retrieve a magical apple.
Digory travels with Polly and a flying horse. In the mountains, the apple trees are protected by a gate and Digory is the only one who ventures through. He picks an apple and is tempted to take a bite, but resists. There, Jadis, who has eaten an apple herself, continues to tempt him to eat it or at least give it to his dying mother. Confidently, Digory refuses.
The group returns to Aslan and Digory plants the apple in the ground. A tree soon emerges with apples and Aslan explains that the tree will protect Narnia from Jadis. Digory is allowed to pick one apple for his mother.
The cabby and his wife are made king and queen of Narnia and Digory, Polly, and Uncle Andrew return to London. Digory gives his mother the magic apple and she recovers. He buries the remains of the apple and the magic rings in a secret location.
In the end, Digory inherits a mansion in the countryside and builds a wardrobe out of the apple tree that he had planted.
Through Jadis and Aslan, readers see the contrast between magic and nature. Jadis, who is magically gifted from a non-Devine source, uses her powers for evil and the manner in which she uses her magic is aggressive and forceful. On the other hand, Aslan, who possesses magic from a Devine and almost mythical source, uses his powers for good, highlighted by a calm and majestic manner. In essence, evil magic, or self-proclaimed magic, is the exact opposite of natural magic.
While there is Christian allegory throughout not just this story, but the entire Narnia series, there is a special focus on creationism and the Garden of Eden in this story. Both biblical events are portrayed in this story. Readers see that the world of Narnia is created through the spoken word, as is depicted in the Bible, as well as the garden scene with Digory being tempted to eat the apple.
The author alludes to the destruction that humans can bring upon themselves, much like the world of Charn. Aslan warns Digory that humans are capable of producing the same destruction that came about because of the Deplorable Word.
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The book just makes no sense to me
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Great video! Not a lot of people know the kid was the prosfessor in the movie and that the lamppost in the movie was the same one the witch threw.
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saved me thank you its nice to see that literature is not dead
Literature will never die. :)
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As a kid I remember our Librarian reading this book to us in school but we never finished it I never knew which book it was and all I had was the memories of what I imagined while listening and now I have closure lol
I'm doing a play on this, and I really want to be the evil queen! Thanks!
+PrettyOnRUclips Good luck with the play. :)
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This has helped me for some school work I understand better now thank you for taking the time to do this.
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i kinda want to know more about the ritual of the deplorable words and what that word itself really is-- like for analysis sake what constitutes itself as the most deplorable or how one spirals into that state.
I have a book report do tomorrow and I didn’t read the book ty soo much
After rewatching the past 3 Narnia movies, I decided to see if there would be any more sequels. Apparently "The Silver Chair" will be made next but the franchise will be completed rebooted with new characters??!! I'm disappointed but we'll see what the producers come up with. Also, thank you for making this summary. I haven't read all the books yet, but do you assume that Digory and Polly are Adam and Eve? Or are Adam and Eve the cab driver and his wife? And does Jadis turn out to be the White Witch? And if Digory inherits the mansion in the countryside and builds the wardrobe, does that imply that he turns out to be the professor that later lets the 4 pevensie children live in his house? How are the 4 children connected to all this, as the 2 sons of Adam and 2 daughters of Eve?
+TheGalaxyBelle Thanks for the update on the movies. I would like to see a well-done movie series of all the books. It's a been a while since I read this and do plan on re-reading the entire series soon. Thanks. :)
i think aslan is the creator of all worlds. i think he is god
Yes, the professor is Diggory. He throws the kids an apple at the end of the first movie to signify this.
this helped a lot for my big final test😃 thanks!!
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I just read it but it was hard to understand so this helped a lot!
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+Andrew Deborja Thanks. I'm glad it helped.
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+Dan Byers Thanks. It's tough sometimes with work and real life things, but I try my best. :)
Thank you I got homework to do a presentation on a book from narnia and I got given a book that I didn't even know about . Sadly I didn't have anough time to read the hole book so thank you I clicked on this video and I got a good grade
Glad the video helped.
Tysm we are reading this and I’m confused asf on it so this helped
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I liked this one a lot. Read this book in grade school.
Please do summaries for the rest of the books
Why does it hear louder on the left side?
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Awesome. I don't have a favorite in the series, but I did enjoy them all.
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What age group is this series made for? I'm 14 and I was chosen to do a college level book report. I have to choose an Epic fantasy book and I was wondering if this is too childish? Opinions?
In my opinion, the Narnia series was targeted at children, but I guess one could argue that CS Lewis also writes for adults. I would recommend the Lord of the Rings series if you are looking for college level material.
Minute Book Reports Alright. Thank you! Do you have a video on LotR?
Gosh . I didn’t understand this book and I have a report on MLA formatting and this helps 💯.
This was is my 6th grade reading project
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+Miss_Cherry Plays Glad this helped.
Can you do the scarlet pimpernel
Thanks for my book report
Why am I watching reports even after finishing the books?
P.s. it's pronounced Jar-this
Amazing and helpful
Well that makes a bit of sense as a teenager I could not understand the plot!
It's the book of Genesis
thanks,but you speak too fast
so WTH IS POLLY DOIN NOW
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so jadis is evil
She is the white witch
noice in 2024😂