Thoughts on Fantasy

I love the fantasy genre (most of the time at least). In Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” Trilogy as the reader, I escaped into Middle Earth to fight orcs and live among the elves. There’s something beautiful about escaping into an impossible world that is nothing other than the result of someone’s imagination. It’s amazing how by bringing the reader into their world, the author can show the reader the ideas or concepts he’s trying to convey. In the well known series, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, C.S. Lewis uses a different world in a different universe to create a story parallel to that of the biblical story of the salvation of man through Christ. Instead of Jesus, the Christ figure is the Great Lion, Aslan. Lewis offers a new perspective and new way to understand the Message of the Church. There are a lot of reasons to love fantasy. It’s enjoyable because it is an escape but still has familiar themes and values we can relate to.