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1、ContextCliveStaplesLewiswasbornonNovember29,1898inBelfast,NorthernIreland.Hismother,FloraAugustaHamiltonLewis,diedwhenhewasyoung,leavinghisfather,Albert,toraisehimandhisolderbrotherWarren,knownasWarnie.WarnieandJack,asClivepreferredtobecalled,grewcloserastheygotolder.S
2、imultaneously,thebrothersgrewapartfromtheirfather,whoseboisteroussenseofhumorandawkwardgoodnaturedidnotmatchtheirreticence.Theboysimmersedthemselvesinagameof"AnimalLandandIndia."JackwasobsessedwithtalkinganimalsandWarniewasintriguedbythelandofIndia,sotheymappedoutaplac
3、ecalledAnimalLandwhichborderedonIndia.AnimalLandhadtalkinganimalsthatwerefrequentlyengagedintradeandcommercewiththeIndianpeople.ManypeoplehaveseenAnimalLandasaprecursortothelandofNarnia,butthosewhohaveactuallyreadthestoriesJackwroteaboutAnimalLandsaytheyshowverylittleo
4、ftheimaginationandwitJackinfusesintotheNarniaChronicles.Inshort,theyareboring.Nevertheless,theideaofafantasylandpopulatedwithtalkinganimalscertainlystartedwithAnimalLand.C.S.Lewishadaterribletimeingrammarandearlyhighschool.Hewascompletelyunathletic,whichwasamajorliabil
5、itygiventhefocusonsportsintheschoolswhichheattended.Lewiswasavictimofasystemcalled"fagging"inwhichtheolder,strongerboysattheschoolwerenotonlypermitted,butencouraged,tobossaroundtheyoungerones.Thisloathingofschoollifesurfacesinmanyofhisbooks,particularlyinTheChronicleso
6、fNarnia,whichincludesthebook,TheLion,theWitch,andtheWardrobe.Forexample,thecharacterProfessorKirkebemoansthestateofmoderneducation,Edmundbecomesamisfitwhenhebeginstoattendschool,andlater,inTheSilverChair,JillPoleandEustaceScrubbattendaterribleschoolthatseemstobemodeled
7、closelyonLewis'sownexperience.Lewisescapedthistormentassoonashecould,studyinginsteadunderaprivatetutornamedMr.Kirkpatrick.Hethrivedunderthechallengeandstimulationoflearningunderthissingularteacher'stutelage.LewiswasbornandraisedProtestant,buthisfaithgraduallybecameless
8、tangibletohimastheyearsprogressed.Itisunclearwhenhecrossedthelinefromlackadaisicalbelieverandagnostic,andstillhardert
