The Last Battle:
This
is a bitter sweet book, because it is the last, and I am going to miss
the characters. This book presents the last king of Narnia,
Tirian, 200 years after the last book, The Silver Chair. There is a
rumor that Aslan has returned, but in fact a monkey has manipulated a
donkey to put on a lion’s fur, and then they use him to give the
allusion of Aslan’s return. The monkey then uses his power as the
spokesperson for Aslan, to get people to chop down talking trees, and
work for the evil country over the mountain the Calormenes. In fact the
Calormenes have plans to conquer Narnia, which they have been trying to
do for many years.
Tirian
and his unicorn friend try to stop the destruction of the trees, and
torture of horses, and find themselves captured. Tirian asks for help,
and Eustace and Jill from the last book show up to help him. They are
able to help him gain his freedom, and then join him in a battle against
the Calormenes. They have also stolen the donkey, and want to expose
the fraud, but the ape is quicker, and says a donkey dressed like a lion
is trying to convince people Aslan has not returned. Tash who is the
god of the Calormenes has returned, and is in the tent where Aslan was
previously. There is a great battle. People get thrown into the tent
and Tash takes care of them. Tirian and the leader of the Calormenes go
into the tent, and Tash takes up the Calormene leader. Peter, Lucy,
Edmond, Digory and Polly, the other previous visitors to Narnia from
England are there, and Peter orders Tash to take his, and leave. He
leaves with the leader of the Calormenes under his arm.
They
discover a doorway in the tent, which lead to a beautiful kingdom.
They take this door, and find Aslan, and many old friends and kings.
Turns out, all of those involved in Narnia over the years were at a
train station, and there was an accident and they all died. All except
Susan, who had put off the memories of Narnia. This movie is great
fun. The Prevensies also discover their own parents who were also
killed in the same train accident.
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