Blog 6B-Notable Moment: The Magician's Nephew

BLOG 6B: Notable Moment - The Magicians Nephew

In the Magicians Nephew, a notable moment that stuck out for me was when Digory is instructed by Aslan to go to the place where he can get an apple to protect Narnia from the witch. In this scene, Digory is able to go through the gates and enter this place where he grabs an apple and stuffs it into his pocket. We later discover that the witch has already made it to this place and she is eating the apples which are for bidden. The sign on the entrance gate read:

“Come in by the gold gates or not at all,
Take of my fruit for others forbear,
For those who steal or those who climb my wall
Shall find their heart’s desire and find despair.”

Digory realizes that he is able to take some of the fruit and bring it back to Aslan, but he is not to eat any himself. This scene shows that Digory is smart in the way that he follows all the rules written on the gate. The witch, on the other hand, is selfish and tries to get Digory to eat an apple himself. She also tempts Digory with the idea that he could sneak off and bring an apple home to his mother and heal her. These nasty words by the witch show that there is evil in this second world, and although it may be hard, resisting temptations can be for the best.

This proved true for Digory because Aslan let him take an apple and bring it home to his mother to help heal her. All in all, I felt that this notable moment showed that Digory had grown as a person and was able to resist the witch in her evil ways and do the right thing, which was not eat the apples in the situation at hand.