Religion influences every aspect of the life of a true devotee. After the year 1931, C.S. Lewis was a devout Christian and member of the Church of England. This means that his faith when he wrote The Chronicles of Narnia was influential in what happened in the writing of these stories. This influence has been evident throughout the books in this series, however it doesn't automatically make the story anything more than a great story. There are several fundamental tenets of the Christian faith that C.S. Lewis believed in and which are demonstrated in his writings. Some of the beliefs visible in these books are the following: the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the creation of the world, and the evil that enters the world after the creation did not occur at the same time as it was created, and that he will be an Antichrist who will war with the spiritual forces of good. When writing is influenced by a strong belief, it will show stronger parts of this belief where the author feels it strongest, but that doesn't mean the story is exactly like the belief held. It is sometimes assumed that, due to the similarities between The Chronicles of Narnia and the Christian faith, it is an allegory similar to Paul Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress allegory. The question then becomes: Did C.S. Lewis write an allegory or were just his beliefs influencing his books? According to the Oxford English Dictionary an allegory is defined as “Description of a subject under the guise of some other subject of suitably suggestive resemblance”. According to this definition, at first glance it is credible that The Chronicles of Narnia was indeed written as an allegory. In the book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Aslan talks to Edmund about the world Edmund lives in from a...... middle of paper ...... these aren't all the ways to define a fairy tale but these two point out that one thing is certain that the Chronicles of Narnia are not fairy tales. However these stories are parallels to the Christian faith which at times appear allegorical. While Lewis may not have intended it to seem so allegorical, there are places where it seems that way. Ultimately, though, it is a story created by an author who had strong Christian beliefs and allowed his faith to be an influential factor in his writing. Lewis never said it was supposed to be an allegory and that it lined up perfectly. He just wanted to think for a while about another world called Narnia.Works CitedC.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader p.270C.S. Lewis's Collected Letters Volume III p. 1004J.RR Tolkien Tree and Leaf p. 14http://www.oed.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/5230