C.S. Lewis 1. Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland on the 29th of November, 1898.

In 1917, he vol nteered to !oin the British "rm#, d rin$ %orld %ar 1, and e&perien'ed tren'h warfare in (ran'e at 19. %hen he was 1), he be'ame an atheist, b t later 'onverted to Christianit# at **. In earl# + ne, 19,1, Lewis started to e&perien'e medi'al problems and was later dia$nosed with inflammation of the -idne#s, whi'h res lted in blood poisonin$. .owever, over the ne&t several #ears, his health be$an to improve and was ba'- to normal b# earl# 19,*. B t on the 22nd of November, Lewis 'ollapsed in his bedroom and died a few min tes later. /he media 'overa$e of his death was i$nored, however, be'a se of the assassination of 0resident +ohn (. 1enned#, whi'h o'' rred that same da#. Lewis2s most notable wor-s in'l de The Chronicles of Narnia, The Space Trilogy, and Till We Have Faces. 2. C.S. Lewis has written man# famo s novels, one bein$ The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe. 3an# people thin- that it is a $ood boo-, b t there is also more to it than that. /he boo-2s 'hara'ters are ver# 'losel# related to the Bible and the events that transpired. (or e&ample, "slan is +es s, the 'hildren are the h mans and the %hite %it'h is the evil sna-e. .owever, when Lewis was 1), he be'ame an atheist and said he was ver# an$r# at 4od for not e&istin$. B t at **, he ret rned to Christianit#. In The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, one of the 'hildren t rns evil and sides with the %hite %it'h. /his ma# s#mboli5e when the sna-e tempts 6ve with the forbidden apple in the 4arden of 6den. 7 rin$ the boo-, "slan dies to sa'rifi'e himself for the 'hildren, meanin$ +es s d#in$ for o r sins. Later on in the boo-, "slan 'omes ba'- to life, meanin$ the res rre'tion of +es s. "lso, the settin$ of Narnia bein$ in eternal winter s#mboli5es the evil that has ta-en over, and the sprin$ s#mboli5es the evil meltin$ awa# and $ood ret rnin$. Lewis be'ame an "theist, be'a se at the time, he was st d#in$ the o'' lt. .e fo nd a parti' lar 8 ote from L 'reti s, and said that it was one of the stron$est ar$ ments fro "theism. It said9 :.ad 4od desi$ned the world, it wo ld not be " world so frail and fa lt# as we see.: %hen Lewis 'onverted ba'- to Christianit#, he !oined the Ch r'h of 6n$land, sa#in$, ;I 'am into Christianit# -i'-in$ and s'reamin$.< /his disappointed his 'lose friend, +.=.= /ol-ien >" thor of The Lord of the Rings Series?, who tho $ht that he wo ld have 'onverted to =oman Catholi'ism. /here are man# reasons as to wh# C.S. Lewis 'hose to follow his beliefs. "part from writin$ the Narnia series, he also wrote several boo-s on Christianit#, s 'h as Mere Christianity and Till We Have Faces. *. /he thin$s that motivate me to live the wa# I do is ever#thin$ $ood that is in m# life. "s lon$ as I have somethin$ spe'ial in m# life, it motivates me to a'hieve hi$h and $et thro $h life easil# witho t stress or worr#. Sometimes I 'onsider how I ma-e the de'isions that I ma-e and sometimes I don2t. If someone as-s me

to tell them somethin$ that I don2t -now if I sho ld or not, I will thin- ver# hard on ma-in$ a de'ision on whether or not to tell them. Sometimes it is ver# hard to ma-e the de'isions that I have to ma-e, and sometimes it is eas# to 'hoose that path instead of the other one.

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