Log #2

     My second book is The Chronicles of Narnia- Prince Caspian. Why do I choose this book? Because when I was a little child, my parents took my brother and me go to the movie theater to see the movie called The Chronicles of Narnia- The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. After I saw this movie, I fell in love with Narnia series. I even went to the library to borrow all the Narnia series’ books in Chinese and read all of them within one week. As a result, I decided to read the English version to see whether English ones were as good as Chinese ones.

     Prince Caspian is the fourth book of Narnia series. This book is mainly talking about four children, Peter, Susan, Edward, and Lucy, went back to Narnia again. But, they found that everything was changed because they had left for more than one thousand years. They even found that the castle they used to live in the old Narnia became a ruin. After that, they saved a dwarf who was kidnapped by the bad soldiers of Miraz who was the king of Narnia now. Then, the dwarf told them the present situation of the Narnia in order to thank for their help. Now, Narnia was ruled by Miraz whose ancestor had invaded and governed Narnia. Miraz’s nephew, prince Caspian, was the first successor in this kingdom. However, prince Caspian’s aunt gave birth to a son, which means that Miraz had a successor so he want to kill prince Caspian who was the first priority in order to let his son become the king after he abdicated. As a result, prince Caspian ran to the forest to take shelter. Surprisingly, he met the animals which could talk. After avoiding being murdered by Miraz, price Caspian blew the magic horn of Queen Susan to call for a strong help, which was the main reason why the four children came back to the Narnia. Prince Caspian also asked the old Narnia people for help. These old Narnia people, of course, agreed to lend him a hand and viewed prince Caspian as the king of the Narnia who would lead them to defeat Miraz and would return Narnia into Golden Age again. 

     After the dwarf told the four children the present story, they decided to help prince Caspian so they set off to find Caspian. They crossed the mountains and the rivers. Finally, they found prince Caspian, and they also met Aslan, who is a lion and the king of the old Narnia. Prince Caspian and these four children began to think how to fight with Miraz. After discussing for a long time, they decided that Peter fight with Miraz individually. Miraz accepted the battle. Peter and Miraz began to battle. They fought so hard and fought for such a long time that they still couldn’t know whom to win the battle. At the end of the battle, Peter won it, but Miraz escaped and asked his army to assault Prince Caspian and his people. As a result, the battle turned into the war. At this time, Aslan showed up and used his magical power to defeat Miraz’s army. Then, prince Caspian won the war.

     After I read this book, I think that this book is as amazing as the movie. Moreover, it has more details that the movie doesn’t mention. Among these characters, I still love Lucy the most because she is so innocent and brave. She always believes that Narnia and Aslan do exist. That it also the reason why Aslan loves her so much and always gives Lucy something important to do.