The Chronicles of Narnia in 17 Minutes: A Condensed History of C.S. Lewis' World

In this new entry into my stick figure summary video series, I summarize the 20th century classic Christian allegorical fantasy book series - the Chronicles of Narnia. I've done like five Tolkien videos, so this felt like a good next step for a fantasy installment.

If for some reason you're actually reading the description of a YouTube video, go check out my Roman history stick figure animation, it never got the attention of my fantasy vids.

00:00 Intro
00:20 The Magician's Nephew
02:27 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
04:35 The Horse & His Boy
06:07 Prince Caspian
08:12 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
12:11 The Silver Chair
14:25 The Last Battle

[lucypreece]

Fun fact. The reason why the lamppost appears in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe is because C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien were drinking buddies and both writing their well known fantasy novels around the same time and Tolkien said that nobody could put something as ordinary, boring and innocuous as a lamp post into a children's fantasy story and make it interesting and Lewis saw it as a challenge and wanted to prove Tolkien wrong and did just that and put the lamp post into Narnia.

[spencernaugle]

"Based & Aslan-Pilled" is an amazing line.
(Edit: Timestamp 12:51 )

[alastairchong]

The ending of the series is very bittersweet but beautiful at the same time

[TheSpiceyHistorian]

I think The Magician's Nephew is the best of all the Narnia books. The description of Aslan creating the world of Narnia is one of the most moving pieces of text I have ever read.

[John-bmmq]

the last book really gave some of that good ol' existential dread

Alsan really just shut off the world and made it void. how terrifying.

[babsybrrrnz]

My thoughts with Susan is that she is actually C.S. Lewis's self-insert. Like the books are famously known for being an allegory to christianity but Lewis was not always devout. In his young adulthood he was a known athiest only becoming born again around his 30s. I think if he had the chance he could have wrote one more book about Susan finding her spirituality through God/Aslan and how there is never a wrong time to look back and start believing again. (prefacing I'm not religious, im just narnia-pilled)

[UnknownHumanJoe]

The world needs more Narnian content. So good job, this was a great video.

[GotA-doob]

On the tree, the reason the wardrobe was able to create portals was because Digory buried the teleporting rings along with the apple core, and the tree absorbed their power. Also like how you skated around the fact that everyone died in a train crash to get to new Narnia while Digory, Polly, and Emeth were killed upon entering the stable. Gotta get to heaven somehow, lol

[Anniegrazie]

the resurrection of Aslan was not just about magic. It was about sacrifice. If it was Edmund, Jadis would have the right to kill him, but since she killed Aslan in place of Edmund who was not guilty of the crime, the death has no power over Jadis' victim (Aslan). jadis has no power to kill Aslan in the 1st place

[johnwatchorn]

Fantastic video as per usual! :) Dawn Treader was always my favorite book, and it certainly has the most unique entrance into the world with the water spilling out the painting. Lewis definitely got creative with that one

Also... could you say that Narnia in the Last Battle went a little... Ape Shift???

I will show myself out now.

[dmnemaine]

You missed an important aspect of "The Last Battle". The protagonists return to Narnia by dying in a train wreck.

[ArchiduquesaMA]

The silver chain twist was so unexpected when i was a child, it blew my mind

[joaco]

As someone who only watched the films as a kid and never read the books, this is such an interesting world!

[JacobHollis]

"The Magician's Nephew" is one of my favorites. The description of the woods between worlds was written in such a way where one could easily picture in their minds of what it would look like. For me I pictured it as a peaceful wooded area bathed in a warm yellow light and the pools being either small ponds and small traditional looking wells. Not to mention a meandering path connecting the pools.

[Renissance]

Yeah, the ending had me in tears not going to lie. But it really is an exemplar of art imitating life, particularly loss, acceptance and faith (or lack thereof) even if you’re not religious, Susan’s denial of the whole thing hits really hard.

[unkiindg]

The rings being used. Full circle.

Makes me wanna read them beginning to end. Bruh. Great video. I got

[davidelabarilemobile]

finally you are back!!!
The king of fantasy recaps Is finally back!!!

[alfonsopayan]

Felt like a little elementary kid again
Good times never read the rest of the books but definitely remember the movies, such a great breath of fresh air getting more lore of childhood series

[bobtheduck]

The Magician's Nephew is full of things explaining the mysteries set out in the other books. Publication order is 100% the order it should be read, otherwise you're spoiling the mystery.

[kingsmill]

The apple tree was cut down and was made into the wardrobe, that is how it is a portal.