Personal Critical Essay

CLAY : A REAL LIFE EDMUND

The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe ' is a classic children 's novel by C .S . Lewis that chronicles the pursuits of the four Pevensie children to defeat the white witch and release Narnia from her cold grasp . While the tale is largely based on the adventures of the four children and the creatures that they meet in the world beyond the wardrobe , the four of them also each represent common childhood circumstances that almost all children are most likely to experience . In my case , I can easily

say that Edmund , the third of the Pevensie children is a familiar character in my own life because of what he had done to his other siblings , his immaturity , as well as his emancipation in the end

Edmund Pevensie is very similar to my next door neighbor Clay who is about the age of Edmund and who has almost the same personality . In the novel , Edmund is characterized as the most fickle of the lot as he does not often make critical decisions and is usually ignored by his other siblings . In the same manner , Clay is also like Edmund because while he only has two other older siblings , he is often at my house because his older siblings consider him a nuisance and do not like him around . One time I asked Clay if he could get me copies of his older sister 's RN Magazines which his sister had as very important references in her...