The Last Battle

Today I finished The Last Battle which is the 7th and last in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. It was basically a play on revelations. It is about how an ape (or the anti-Christ) found a lions skin and dressed his friend the donkey in it to deceive the people of Narnia into believing that it is Aslan the lion. Since none of them have ever seen a lion, they are misled. The ape is in cahoots with the Calormen, people from a neighboring nation, who the ape is preparing to sell the creatures of Narnia into slavery. The king of Narnia then asks the real Aslan for help who sends Eustice and Jill from the real world back to Narnia. Eventually, everyone that has been to Narnia from our world, except Susan who chooses to believe it was just childrens play and is truly an adult, comes back. Then Aslan comes back and divides the creatures of this world into those who believe in him, who go to his right, and those who don't, who go to his left into darkness. Then Aslan ends the world before everyone's eyes and they find they are in the real Narnia, or heaven. They realize before they were only in the shadow of what they thought was Narnia. Here they find they are strong and healthy and meet all of the creatures they loved of Narnias past. In the end the characters from our world find they have been in an accident and their greatest wish has come true, they are there to live with Aslan in the real Narnia forever.
I give this book a 4 out of 5. I thought it was very clever how C.S. uses it as a play on revelations. I think that the Chronicles of Narnia are truly a piece of classic art and should be part of every person's childhood, be them Christian or not. I really enjoyed each and everyone of these stories!