Tuesday, November 01, 2005

A Tale of Two Authors... and the stories they wrote

Both are authors... to be exact, wrtiters of children's books. Both have 2 intials in their names. Both have written a series of books... Lewis with his Chronicles of Narnia, Rowling with her Harry Potter series. Both of these series are about enchantment. The Chronicles of Narnia is about a magical world called Narnia ruled by a lion named Aslan, in which a group of children enter via a wardrobe. Harry Potter is about a boy named Harry Potter who discovers he is a wizard on his eleventh birthday. And now, the differences. In Harry Potter, the dark side seems to triumph over the good many times over. To HP fans out there, I'm sure you know what I mean with the death of Harry's parents and godfather Sirius Black, and recently in the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the tragic murder of Albus Dumbeldore. And no one can beat death in this series. In contrast, the heroes of the land of Narnia seem to achieve victory during every battle with evil. To readers of the Narnia books, in The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, Aslan manages to overcome death when he is executed at the Stone Table. C.S. Lewis is a male, while J.K. Rowling is a female. And that is all I have to say because I am sick of this posting SERIOUSLY!

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