The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. CS Lewis archetypes

 The book begins with four children in an old house during the war. Their mother sent them to live their because of air-raids. At the begining Edmund is really obnoxious, selfish and really mean to his little sister Lucy. even as the story progresses edmund remains that way, he chooses the wrong side and turns against his siblings. But in the end he realizes that he was wrong to side with the white witch because this whole time she had been lying to him. He is saved by Aslan and he joins his two sisters and brother in the battle against the white witch. at the end of the book (page180) it says "when at last she was free to come back to Edmund she found him standing on his feet and not only healed of his wounds but looking better then she had seen him look-oh for ages; in fact ever since his first term at that horrid school which was where he had begun to go wrong. he had become his real old self againand could look you in the face. and there on that field of battle aslan made him a knight." And since Edmund has changed so much during the book it makes him the hero. He was meant to be killed by the witch but Aslan sacrificed his own life to save Edmund and to come back to life and to kill the witch. Edmunds journey is the quest, he is searching for himself, the way he used to be. Edmund began his school year badly and since he has always had a negative outlook on everything. his attitude and his personality have changed. so the day that he entered Narnia it was really no surprise that he joined the side of the white witch. From there, he completely distanced himself from his brothers and sisters in hopes that the witch would keep her word and make him a king. But instead she tried to use him to gain access to his brothers and sisters so that they could be killed. Edmund realizes that he has made a mistake when the witch is no longer kind to him. and after he is saved by aslan, aslan has a talk with him. "a talk that he never forgot" and after that Edmund apologizes to his brother and sisters. and in the battle at the end he shows plenty of courage when he fights the white witch, and is made a knight by Aslan.