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Conflicts
Person vs. Person
In The Magician's Nephew, one of the main conflicts is person vs. person. There are a few examples of this conflict in the story:
1. One of these examples is when Digory and Polly are fighting in the enchanted and ruined world of Charn. When they uncover a mysterious riddle that hints whether or not to ring a bell. Polly wishes to mind her own business and leave the bell alone. However Digs doesn't want to leave Charn without wondering, what if. Also, he doesn't want Uncle Andrew to send him and Polly back for lack of info. The two get in a strange prediciment and Digory slaps Polly in the noggin.
2. Another example of this conflict is, Digory vs. Jadis at the apple tree of youth (similar to the garden of Eden and The Fountain Of Youth). Digory was sent to the garden by Aslan to retrieve a golden apple that provides safety, well being, youth forever, and healing of any sickness. Jadis is attempting to coax Digory into taking an apple for himself so he could heal his bedridden mom. However, when Jadis mentions leaving Polly behind Digory starts to understand her elaborate trap-like ways.
1. One of these examples is when Digory and Polly are fighting in the enchanted and ruined world of Charn. When they uncover a mysterious riddle that hints whether or not to ring a bell. Polly wishes to mind her own business and leave the bell alone. However Digs doesn't want to leave Charn without wondering, what if. Also, he doesn't want Uncle Andrew to send him and Polly back for lack of info. The two get in a strange prediciment and Digory slaps Polly in the noggin.
2. Another example of this conflict is, Digory vs. Jadis at the apple tree of youth (similar to the garden of Eden and The Fountain Of Youth). Digory was sent to the garden by Aslan to retrieve a golden apple that provides safety, well being, youth forever, and healing of any sickness. Jadis is attempting to coax Digory into taking an apple for himself so he could heal his bedridden mom. However, when Jadis mentions leaving Polly behind Digory starts to understand her elaborate trap-like ways.
Person vs. Self
In The Magician's Nephew, another main conflict is person vs. self. There are a few examples of this conflict in the story:
1. One example of this conflict in the story is when Uncle Andrew is arguing with himself about whether or not to allow Jadis to rule all of humanity. Of course, Uncle Andrew knows that this is wrong but Jadis is causing so much destruction and chaos that his brain is all tangled up like spaggeti. Also, Uncle Andrew is low in self-asteem.
1. One example of this conflict in the story is when Uncle Andrew is arguing with himself about whether or not to allow Jadis to rule all of humanity. Of course, Uncle Andrew knows that this is wrong but Jadis is causing so much destruction and chaos that his brain is all tangled up like spaggeti. Also, Uncle Andrew is low in self-asteem.
Protagonist and Antagonist Motivations
Protagonists
Polly and Digory
Polly and Digory both share one similar motivation in this book and that is fear and curiosity. They are both terrified of Uncle Andrew because they both know that he can send them to any random world anytime he wants to. They are also very curious children that want to uncover secrets of other worlds. Also, they both have one common goal of stopping Jadis from taking over their world and Narnia.
Aslan the Lion
Aslan is set on helping new worlds grow and flourish so they can bloom into powerful civilizations. As soon as Aslan creates Narnia, there is already an evil inside it. Aslan is determined right away to provide well-being to Narnia. He wants to do anything to keep the magical world safe. That includes getting an apple from the evil source.
Polly and Digory both share one similar motivation in this book and that is fear and curiosity. They are both terrified of Uncle Andrew because they both know that he can send them to any random world anytime he wants to. They are also very curious children that want to uncover secrets of other worlds. Also, they both have one common goal of stopping Jadis from taking over their world and Narnia.
Aslan the Lion
Aslan is set on helping new worlds grow and flourish so they can bloom into powerful civilizations. As soon as Aslan creates Narnia, there is already an evil inside it. Aslan is determined right away to provide well-being to Narnia. He wants to do anything to keep the magical world safe. That includes getting an apple from the evil source.
Antagonists
Jadis
Jadis, A. K. A., the white witch, was once a queen of the world Charn. But, when she destroyed it, she put herself into a spell. When she awoke, Jadis wanted to rule again. She first tried to take over Earth. That did not work out. When she was sucked into Narnia, Jadis immediately tried to take over. Then, after Aslan bit her, she became determined to take over Narnia.
Jadis, A. K. A., the white witch, was once a queen of the world Charn. But, when she destroyed it, she put herself into a spell. When she awoke, Jadis wanted to rule again. She first tried to take over Earth. That did not work out. When she was sucked into Narnia, Jadis immediately tried to take over. Then, after Aslan bit her, she became determined to take over Narnia.
Climax
The climax of this story occurs just after Narnia is created. The ruthless witch, Jadis, was hiding in a castle. Aslan then sent Digory to take a magical apple from the castle. This part is very entertaining and suspenseful. Jadis tried to lure Digory into taking an apple to heal his mother. Digory stood there debating whether or not he should take an apple for Aslan's tree, or take one to heal his mother. In the end, Digory resists the evil witch's temptation and gives Aslan the apple.
Resolution
The resolution of this story occurs when Digory and Polly both leave the mystical world of Narnia and head back to London, England. They wanted to stay, but at the same time go back to Earth. Digory and Polly both went their seperate ways. Digory moved and Polly stayed in her house. However, Polly always came to visit Digory. It was in this part the author revealed that Narnia stayed safe for a long time.
Short Summary
Uncle Andrew wanted to discover a new world but Polly and Digory did not want to be a part of his expiriment so, Uncle Andrew outfoxed them into going to discover a new world and Narnia was created.