Monday, May 26, 2008

The Apple of Life

After the creation of Narnia, Jadis, the Queen of Charn (later known as the White Witch) runs off into the north, waiting for her chance to rule (and perhaps destroy) another world. Aslan states that even at the very beginning of this world, evil has entered it. If you know the story, then you know that Digory was more or less at fault for that evil entering Narnia, and for that reason Aslan charges Digory with helping him protect Narnia (at least for a time) from that evil.
Digory is to go retrieve an apple from a garden far away. When he arrives at this garden, Jadis is already there, and ready to tempt him not to take the apple to Aslan, but to take it home to his mother, who will be healed from her illness by it.
It kind of reminds you of another story about the Creation of a world, and evil entering into it, and there being a fruit tree in a garden, and of that evil tempting someone to do something with that fruit. Sound familiar?
Does Digory succumb to the temptation like Adam and Eve did? You'll have to read the book (or wait years and years for the movie to come out) to find out.

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