“I feel I’ve heard as much about Aslan as I want to for the rest of my life,” Griffle the dwarf said. The dwarfs’ main complaint was they no longer trusted in Aslan after Narnia’s enemies set up a false Aslan, whom they used to perpetrate atrocities. Instead of responding with gratitude, all but one of the dwarfs refused to fight for Narnia alongside Tirian, Eustice, and Jill.

The story’s protagonists – King Tirian of Narnia and children Eustice and Jill from Earth – daringly rescued about 30 dwarves from being enslaved by Narnia’s enemies. One particular plotline stood out to me during my latest experience with The Last Battle. “It was only a shadow or copy of the real Narnia which has always been here and always will be here: just as our own world, England and all, is only a shadow or copy of something in Aslan’s real world.” The old Narnia “had a beginning and an end,” explained Lord Digory, the now grown-up title character from The Magician’s Nephew. Aslan brought all the faithful Narnian creatures and heroes to the “real” Narnia in his eternal country. In the end, the great lion Aslan – creator of Narnia – destroyed that world entirely.īut fortunately for readers, the story didn’t end there. The enemies of Narnia and conniving beasts overthrew the country and killed the protagonists. Narnia experienced a tragic end, but also a new beginning. Finding Hope in The Last BattleĪn allegory for the end times, Lewis maintained a bittersweet tone in The Last Battle. There’s also a struggle raging for faith and optimism while under the shadow of great spiritual darkness, one that applies to our experience today here on Earth. I recently re-listened to a dramatization of The Last Battle, a book I’ve read or listened to countless times. Experiencing the story again, I discovered that the “battle” in the title refers to more than just the physical conflict over Narnia. Lewis, the final book in The Chronicles of Narnia. One such story is The Last Battle by C.S. There are plenty of stories from my childhood that I appreciate even more now that I’m older and realize how perceptively they connect to real life.

The last battle by cs lewis