“The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” is a novel by Clive Staples Lewis in the genre of fantasy and the third book of the series “The Chronicles of Narnia”. It is a wonderful novel, which is about magic, eternal struggle of good and evil and of course about little and curious children, who always astonish the reader with their numerous brave adult deeds.
The novel has many interesting and exciting adventures that turn out to be dangerous for Lucy and Edmund, but this danger teaches the reader to be brave and fearless. The real world England and fairy-tale world Narnia that are present in the novel do not make the reader to be indifferent even from an adult audience.
This story proves that good always wins during the eternal struggle with evil and even if the reader is confident that it is impossible Prince Caspian urges to believe in a miracle. His courage is very unbeatable. It teaches young readers to be strong and sensitive from the little up, and adults are inspired to achieve goals. Vowing to save his father's friends, Prince Caspian repeatedly makes young readers to respect their parents and friends.
Uncertainty of the little heroine Lucy that she is not a beauty shows the reader that the appearance is not the most important thing. As people say, appearance is deceptive, because a person can be beautiful, but his soul can be terrible. Lucy tries to look like her older sister Susan, but the author proves that every person has his own unique beauty. Fortunately, Lucy realizes her fallacy.
Aslan, who is the great Lion and the creator of the world of Narnia, is a striking example of the faithful and honest ruler. With the help of this character, Lewis repeatedly shows how to be a patient and magnanimous ruler of the country. It is very important, when you always take care of the inhabitants, as Aslan does. Over time, people begin to appreciate your honesty. Then the order and peace will reign in the country.
Actually, the book does not have a deep and philosophical cognition, in which the author would talk about the importance of life, experiences that are in the struggle with own meaningless existence and death. “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” is a very kind and good fairy tale, which is filled with magic, various spells and even strange animals and monsters, which do not exist in our real life. Nevertheless, the novel makes a person be kinder and brave to be able to destroy the evil that appears everywhere.
Delight and the feeling of magic probably appear, when you read different fairy tales in childhood, and then, when you are an adult person you read them again to recollect this magic world. However, you want to read this novel endlessly because of its didactic plot. The reader remembers not only the plot and characters, but also the feelings and magical adventures, which cause happiness and memories about the childhood. This is a very kind fairy tale about a magical country, exciting adventures, epic exploits and of course children, who have an adult spirit.
