Dwarf - Robert High

Throughout the Chronicle of Narnia, Dwarfs act as a type of character which can either be good or bad. This is because we see in the beginning of the series that the White Witch has dwarves as her slaves and they listen to her. So in the beginning dwarves are seen as bad guys. But then in the book Prince Caspian we see Dwarves who help the good guys also.

At one point in the book Prince Caspian, Caspian asks a Dwarf called Nikabrik if he believes in Aslan. Nikabrik then responds that he will believe in anyone or anything that will help him destroy his enemies, even if it means believing the White Witch can help them. Even though there are obviously some very good Dwarves who help the people of Narnia, there are also some very bad Dwarves who try to bring down the world of Narnia.

I see the Dwarfs as a kind of race which is different from all of the other races. Dwarves can't be defined as good or bad in any of the books of Narnia. I think that the dwarves are to be understood as those who try to further their own people no matter what it takes. The dwarves seem to always be the tag-along characters which don't ever have a story to themselves. Even in the Lord of the Rings triliogy the dwarves are seen as greedy creatures who only care for themselves.

One time, I would like to see a story written about a dwarf which explains what dwarves are all about. I think that dwarves are often misrepresented in stories such as the Chronicles of Narnia because they don't have a voice of their own. All they seem to do is go along with whatever is happening. They choose sides where they wish even though it may be against one another.