Introductory Observations My fascination with Lewis started in 1974

Introductory Observations

• My fascination with Lewis started in 1974 (University in Brazil)

• Theological writings first – my children brought me into Narnia

• The Dedication of the LWW: Myth and the Reality Come Together

• A Series Which Almost Never Was

• JRR Tolkien and Roger Lancelyn Green Reactions

• Jack: Not very familiar with children

• “Jack in the Boxen”

• What is it: Allegory, Fantasy, Faire Tales, Myth ?

• Jack: Defending Fairy Tales

• Fantastic Creations – Mythological Figures vs. Father Christmas

• How it all begun

• Relation to our world

• Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve

• It took me a while (my children helped to appreciate it ----)

• The British humor

• The right time for the new movie (52 / 53)

• The idea of Aslan

• Moral Stories