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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
by MonaA Socratic lesson series that digs into the ideas, symbols, and moral questions C.S. Lewis hid in plain sight. Each lesson corresponds to a chapter chunk — read those chapters first, then dive in. The final lesson is for those who have finished the whole book.
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Lesson 1
The Door at the Back of Everything
Lewis could have made the door to Narnia anything he wanted — so why hide it inside the plainest, dullest object in an empty spare room?
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The Faun's Terrible Secret
The kindest creature Lucy has ever met is also, at that very moment, betraying her — so what do we call someone like Mr. Tumnus?
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Sweet Lies: Edmund and the Turkish Delight
Read Ch. 3–4 first. Edmund makes a choice that will haunt the whole story. What is Lewis really saying about temptation, envy, and self-deception?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 4
The Professor's Impossible Logic
Read Ch. 5 first. The Professor makes a strange argument that Lucy must be telling the truth. Is he right — and what does that argument really prove?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 5
Reading the Signs: How Narnia Shows Its True Self
Read Ch. 6 first. A ransacked cave, a robin, a secret password — Narnia is full of signs. How do you learn to read a world that's trying to tell you something?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 6
Always Winter, Never Christmas
Read Ch. 7–8 first. Three words sum up the Witch's entire reign. What kind of world does she create — and why is that the worst thing Lewis could imagine?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 7
What Father Christmas Really Brings
Read Ch. 10–11 first. Father Christmas arrives with gifts — but they're not what you'd expect. What do the gifts reveal about who each child really is?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 8
The Witch's Palace: A World Turned to Stone
Read Ch. 9 first. Edmund walks into a courtyard full of statues. What is Lewis showing us about what cruelty does to a world?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 9
Aslan Is Not a Tame Lion
Read Ch. 12 first. Before Aslan appears, the characters describe him in hushed, nervous tones. What kind of goodness makes even brave people tremble?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 10
The Stone Table and the Deep Magic
Read Ch. 13–14 first. The story reaches its most mysterious and serious moment. What is the 'Deep Magic' — and why does Lewis build the rules of Narnia this way?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 11
What the Witch Didn't Know
Read Ch. 15 first. The story turns on something the Witch never learned. What does Lewis say about the limits of evil — and the power of sacrifice?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 12
Kings and Queens of Narnia: What the Ending Really Means
Read Ch. 16–17 first. Four children become rulers of a world. What has each of them earned — and what is Lewis saying about who deserves to lead?
Locked till you take the prior lessonLesson 13
The Whole Story: Allegory, Myth, and Why Lewis Wrote This
Step back from the story and see the full map. What was Lewis really building — and why does it still matter to readers today?
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