The novel that I have chosen to use for my research paper is The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe written by C. S. Lewis. This novel was first written for children being the target audience, but many adults and children alike have grown to love this very interesting story of a mythical land with animals who talk and creatures that do not exist in the real world. Lucy, one of the younger children, and the first sibling to discover Narnia through the wardrobe, leads her brothers and sisters into this world of real peril and a heavily emphasized battle between good and evil. The dystopia in this novel lies with the white witch, or the totalitarianistic want-to-be ruler of the land which rightfully belongs to the Narnians. A dystopia basically describes a kind of battle of sorts among and within a governmental struggle for power. In this case, and in this novel, the good is represented by the Narnians, the bad is represented by the White Witch who considers herself the "queen of Narnia"; the Narnians are oppressed and rise up against the White Witch to take back their freedom and their land.
So far I have done some research and my findings are extremely interesting. I have been having a few problems in the search engine and finding scholarly sources but I think that I am getting the hang of it; it really does make a difference choosing what are the right words to search and how they are put into google or the college library source/site. So far so good.
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