The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Controversial issues: Racism? <br />
• Philip Pullman has argued that <strong>the</strong> Chronicles of Narnia are<br />
racist. Richard Abanes suggests this charge is false - that it<br />
relates to Lewiss depiction of <strong>the</strong> Callormenes (Muslims?) in<br />
books such as <strong>The</strong> Horse <strong>and</strong> His Boy, or <strong>The</strong> Last Battle. He<br />
dismisses <strong>the</strong>se depictions as “a product of <strong>the</strong>ir times.” But,<br />
does that excuse this kind of racism?<br />
• More importantly, is that <strong>the</strong> only kind of racism implicit in <strong>the</strong><br />
novels? Is Lewiss Narnia anti-semitic? If Aslan = Christ, what<br />
does that make <strong>the</strong> evilNarnians?
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