Lucy from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Lucy from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
By Duncan Rize

Lucy is the youngest of the four children in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Long before entering Narnia, Lucy is introduced as a very imaginative and open minded child. It is often the youngest children who have the greatest imagination, and so it is Lucy who first finds her way into Narnia. As part of an innocent game of hide-and-go-seek, Lucy hides in an old Wardrobe and suddenly finds herself in the middle of a winter wood.

In Narnia, Lucy immediately meets the faun Mr. Tumnus and returns with him to his cave. Since Lucy knows nothing of the strange Faun, she is very innocent and trusting to accompany him back to his cave. In the story Lucy’s goodness is always repaid so the Faun does not betray her as he was planning to, he returns her safely home.

Lucy tells her siblings of her adventures in Narnia but they do not believe her. Although they make life very difficult for her, because they believe she is mad, Lucy will not recant her story. She is a very honest child and will not lie, even to make herself more comfortable.

In the story Lucy represents the virtues of honesty and conviction. She does not yield to the pressure of her siblings to recant her story and she insists that they try and save Mr. Tumnus from the White Witch. No matter how frightening the situation is Lucy, stands firm (although she does become frightened). When she senses that Aslan is in danger, Lucy decides to accompany him into the danger and she remains near him even when horrible beasts pass just beyond her hiding spot. Even at the end of the story, when she is confronted by a large giant, Lucy is plucky enough to offer him her handkerchief. Although she is the youngest child, Lucy is very courageous and as a Queen she becomes known as, “Lucy the Valiant.”

In Narnia, Lucy is introduced to us as a Daughter of Eve. In the Biblical story of Eve, Eve’s curiosity led her from paradise into a much harder world. Lucy willingly leaves the easy world of the Professor’s estate behind to face hardship and danger in Narnia. Unlike Eve, Lucy is not tempted by evil. However, Lucy’s brother Edmund, who follows Lucy into, Narnia is offered a forbidden food which corrupts him when he eats it. Just as in the biblical tale once Edmund tastes the forbidden food he is altered forever. Lucy’s curiosity ends up saving the land of Narnia but not before all of her siblings have suffered many dangers.

Duncan Rize loves the writings of C.S. Lewis and works with the marketing group at www.LearningByGrace.org. Learning by Grace manages of a number of internationally known online K-12 academies including www.TheGraceAcademy.org, www.TheJubileeAcademy.org, www.TheMorningStarAcademy.org and www.TheNarniaAcademy.org . This article is © 2005 ELRN, Inc. and may be quoted in whole or part as long as the author (Duncan Rize) and source (www.TheNarniaAcademy.org) are credited.

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