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But
Lewis' fantasy world suddenly shattered when he was ten
years old. His beloved mother died of cancer, and Lewis
felt like he had lost a father and a mother. His father
never spoke about his wife's death and threw himself into
life in the outside world, so young Lewis shut out the sorrowful
present by retreating further into his imaginary world.
Lewis later re-lived the attic world of his childhood and
his mother's illness years later when he wrote the very
first of the Narnia Chronicles, The Magician's Nephew. In
this book, the character Digory realises that his mother
is dying and asks Aslan to save her. Digory cures his mother
when he brings her a magical apple.
But in real life, Lewis prayed to God to save his mother
and no help came. She died, leaving Lewis and his brother
behind in a sad, empty house. Young Lewis felt that God
either didn't exist or was harsh and wasn't listening.
'Where is God? Go to him when your need is desperate, when
all other help is vain, and what do you find? A door slammed
in your face, and a sound of bolting and double-bolting on
the inside. After that, silence.' CS Lewis
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World of Shadows
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Childhood Happiness
Mother's death
School and College
College and 成人快手coming
God and Love
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