The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lewis had written fourteen years earlier in his alliterative poem "The Planets": This resonance is a central component of the case, promoted chiefly by Oxford University scholar Michael Ward, for the seven "Chronicles" having been modelled upon the seven classical astrological planets, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" upon Jupiter. On 10 March 1949 Roger Lancelyn Green dined with Lewis at Magdalen College. After the meal Lewis read two chapters from his new children's story to Green. Lewis asked Green's opinion of the tale and Green said that he thought it was good. The manuscript of "The Lion, the
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe As such the film begins with the Luftwaffe bombing and concludes with an enormous battle, although they do not take up as much time in the novel. In the novel, the battle is not seen until Aslan, Susan, Lucy and their reinforcements arrive. This was changed in the movie because Adamson said he could vividly remember a huge battle, an example of how Lewis left a lot to the readers' imagination. Other small changes include the reason all four children come to Narnia, in that an accident breaks a window and forces them to hide. Tumnus also never meets Edmund