Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Robert High

I had never read any of the books before attending this class. I was quite alarmed when I realized that I was going to have to write a paper that had to do with creating a story out of the Chronicles of Narnia. I finished all seven books in about a week and a half. This was probably the most amount of reading I had ever done in a week's time for one class. However, there has never been any class reading that I enjoyed more than this one. After finishing all seven books there is no doubt in my mind that The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was my favorite book out of the Narnia series.

All of the Narnia books were exciting and interesting in their own way but Dawn Treader seemed to pack in more of a punch than all of the other books. I liked how in every chapter there seemed to be something new happening. There were so many sub-stories that could have been taken in any direction the readers imagination would take them. I especially enjoyed reading about the lake that turned everything into gold. This book also inspired my paper for the class which focused on only one line out of the entire book. I really think I could have written many other papers on the different happenings on this book.

I am excited to see that they are coming out with a Prince Caspian movie. I see that they are definately not going in the chronological order of the series rather the order in which Lewis finished the books. Even so, I really hope that they make a movie after the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I am really excited to see Prince Caspian even more so than I would have been if I hadn't read the Chronicles series. I would like to go back and watch the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe since I have read the book.

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