I can understand the issue between church and state for some people, but honestly, this story can be as much of a story as it can be analyzed and ripped apart in symbolism.
In fact, I was convinced my closet would take me to Narnia. Because I grew up in a church, my mom pointed out the allegorical side of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe when we read it… but as a child, all I did was search for the wardrobe. I loved the story so much I wore out the VHS. My mother read this novel to me as a young child, and we even had the BBC TV mini-series version where people actually dressed up like wolves. In fact, it was deemed “unconstitutional” by the Americans for the Separation of Church and State because Aslan can be interpreted as a Christ-like figure and offensive to non-Christians. And in 2005, when Jed Bush picked it for a required reading book in Florida, and the novel was viewed as not politically correct for school reading. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was banned in 1990 for depicting graphic violence, mysticism, and gore. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever” But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia.
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor’s mysterious old house. “Narnia… the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy…the place where the adventure begins. I feel the censorship of this story hides imagination and friends that readers will never find anywhere else. Of the banned books over the years, I desperately hate the fact that this is one of them. Underneath the deeper, allegorical side to this novel, there lies a beautiful fantasy story that will literally open up worlds for children. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is one of those times. Sometimes, it hurts my heart when a book is challenged or banned.
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