John Fukon

Miss Bonsmann
Honors English 10
2/25/16
Book I
Quote/Metaphor
Quote:
This law was called the Law of Nature
because people thought that everyone knew it
by nature and did not need to be taught it
(Lewis 11).

Quote:
It seems, then, we are forced to believe in a
real Right and Wrong (Lewis 12).

Metaphor:
And there would be no sense in trying to do
that unless you and he had some sort of
agreement as to what Right and Wrong are; just
as there would be no sense in saying that a
footballer had committed a foul unless there
was some agreement about the rules of

Response
I selected this quote because it shows why
some people may not follow Christianity. They
may think that they already know everything
and do not need to learn any more. This quote
explains why it is called what it is which has a
powerful impact on this story. This quote states
that some people believe they know everything
which challenges many people who may think
that they are better than God.
I selected this quote because it shows that
everyone is basically forced to believe in
choosing between right and wrong. It may
appear that you have a choice, but it is really
deceiving. This quote states that even if you
may think you are right, you may be doing
wrong. This is because it is hard to know what
is good and bad for society has changed many
views on this. This relates to Christianity in
many ways, because the Bible is not always
factual and has room for misinterpretation.
Theology is a hard subject to understand and
can cause arguments similar to this quote for it
deals with what is right versus what is wrong.
I selected this metaphor as a fitting example of
Christianity, because it explains how being
right or wrong in life can be compared to being
right or wrong in a sport. Being right or wrong
in life can have a major impact on the way that
one may feel about a certain topic, same with
Christianity. In Christianity, we believe that the
Bible is spiritually right and inerrant, however

football (Lewis 11).

Metaphor:
You probably want to be safe much more than
you want to help the man who is drowning: but
the Moral Law tells you to help him all the
same (Lewis 14).

it is not necessarily scientifically correct. Just

as this is in Christianity it is in football. One
player may not agree with a call but that does
not make him right for he could be lying to get
a call.
This metaphor relates to Christianity for it
shows how we should act when someone is in
time of need. Whether we want to or not, we all
know that it is right to help someone when they
are drowning. God has given us the ability to
reason and understand that helping others is
very important. I am sure that if I was
drowning I would want help. Christianity
teaches us that we should help those in need for
many reasons, one being that it is just morally
right and just.

Book II
Quote/Metaphor
Quote:

Response

This quote really made me think about my

views on Christianity, because it made me
We call a cancer bad, they would say,
wonder if a surgeon is considered bad to some
because it kills a man; but you might just as
people. I think that basically everyone in this
well call a successful surgeon bad because he world knows what cancer is and understands
kills a cancer (Lewis 24).
that it is not good and can kill someone. Not
many people may see the surgeon as a bad
guy for killing the cancer. As far as I know, I
do not think that anyone believes cancer is
good but this makes me wonder whether the
surgeon who kills it is bad. This quote has the
power to contradict many views on cancer.
Metaphor:
I think this metaphor is a fitting example of
Christianity, because if we sin it does not
A painter is not a picture, and he does not die mean that we will die. It is not good to sin and
if his picture is destroyed (Lewis 25).
is doing evil against God, but God will
forgive us if we are truly sorry. A painter is
very closely connected to his painting but if
the painting is destroyed, he will not die. The
painter may suffer for there was a lot of hard
work put into it, but he will not die. If we sin,
we are responsible for our actions, but it does

Metaphor:
If the whole universe has no meaning, we
should never have found out that it has no
meaning: just as, if there were no light in the
universe and therefore no creatures with eyes,
we should never know it was dark (Lewis
26).

Quote:
Christianity is the story of how the rightful
king has landed, you might say landed in
disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a
great campaign of sabotage (Lewis 28).

not mean we cannot make them up.

This metaphor is fitting to Christianity for we
all need light in our lives to be able to see.
Jesus is the light of the world and through
him, we can all see Gods greatness. If there
was no light, we would not be able to see. If
Gods plan of the universe had no meaning,
then there would never be any light. This is a
fitting part to the story for it brings in a
comparison of something that we all need in
life, light.
I selected this quote because it explains in a
different way what our life is all about. The
king, or Jesus, has landed and has taught us
all we need to know on how to take over the
sin in the world. He came to change the lives
of those living at the time, and to teach them
who the one and only God is. This is a
powerful point that Lewis brought up to
explain to us how Jesus came to save us from
all the sin in the world.

Book III Part 1

Quote/Metaphor
Metaphor:
In that sense every kind of perfection is, for
us humans, an ideal; we cannot succeed in
being perfect car drivers or perfect tennis
players or in drawing perfectly straight lines
(Lewis 38).

Quote:
If the ships keep on having collisions they
will not remain seaworthy very long (Lewis
39).

Response
This metaphor shows that we can never be
perfect in life, because no one but God is
perfect. We have our ideals which we want to
achieve, but we are not perfect so we cannot
achieve them. Since no one can be perfect but
God, we follow God to be more like him and
to come closer to perfection. This metaphor is
effective in this story for it shows that we
may not achieve what we want now, but our
main goal is to be more like God.
This quote really made me think about my
views on Christianity, because if we continue
to sin and make mistakes in our lives, we will
not be happy. In order to last as long as
eternity, we need to follow God to get to
Heaven. If we keep getting batted around with
mistakes and problems, then we will not
remain with God for very long and will not

end up in Heaven. This may challenge some

peoples beliefs because some people may
assume they will get to Heaven no matter
what.
Quote:
This quote is very powerful in life and is
known by almost everyone. If you want to be
The Golden Rule of the New Testament (Do treated well, then treat the other people good
as you would be done by) is a summing up of and with respect. This can be common sense
what everyone, at bottom, had always known for some people who know that it is not good
to be right (Lewis 43).
to treat others disrespectfully. I like the main
idea of this quote, because it is a very
valuable life lesson which will get you far in
life.
Metaphor:
I think this metaphor is a fitting example of
Christianity, because it explains how Jesus
The real job of every moral teacher is to
taught us, which is what every moral teacher
keep on bringing us back, time after time, to
does. Teachers keep pushing us to be the best
the old simple principles which we are all so
person we can be and this starts with
anxious not to see; like bringing a horse back perseverance. In order to get someone to do
and back to the fence it has refused to jump or something you want them to do, you have to
bringing a child back and back to the bit in its teach them multiple times to get them to do it.
lesson that it wants to shirk (Lewis 43).
It is not easy and takes hard work, but results
will come. This is what Jesus did, he taught
his followers about God and the Kingdom of
Heaven and in doing this he gained many new
followers which brought more people to
paradise, or Heaven.
Book III Part 2
Quote/Metaphor
Quote:
Pride is competitive by its very nature: that
is why it goes on and on (Lewis 62).

Response
This quote relates heavily to Christianity for it
raises many questions whether or not pride is
good or bad. Pride is caused by a persons
desire to be competitive with someone else.
This is not necessarily always a bad thing but
it goes on and on as Lewis stated. The reason
pride is competitive is that everyone wants to
be the best at something and if you do
become good, most people brag about their
skills. This can lead to thinking that you are
better than God, which is when pride becomes

Metaphor:
We must try not to be vain, but we must
never call in our Pride to cure our vanity;
better the frying-pan than the fire (Lewis
63).

Metaphor:
To get even near it, even for a moment, is
like a drink of cold water to a man in a
desert (Lewis 64).

Quote:
On the whole, God's love for us is a much
safer subject to think about than our love for
Him (Lewis 66).

bad.
I think this metaphor is a fitting example of
Christianity, because we want to always be
the better person. We never want to be the bad
guy in a situation because it leads to us
getting in trouble. This is why it is better to be
the frying pan than the fire, because the fire
does the bad action where the frying pan is
just there. This is an effective way to portray
a situation like this for it using a real life
example to show how someone can be the bad
person or the good person.
This metaphor fits into Christianity for when
we see or feel God, it is so comforting and
good that it is like cold water in the desert. It
is not easy to find for we are all full of sin,
but if we clean ourselves up we will be able to
live with God and have this feeling forever.
Everyone has a time when they are so thirsty
that when they finally get a drink it feels so
amazing, this is the same with reaching God.
God will always love us for he created us in
his own image. This quote states that
however, we may not always love him but He
will always love us. This is powerful to
Christianity for everyone wants to be loved
constantly and without end. This is Gods
love for us and we do not want to ruin it by
sinning which is why we have to follow God
to be a better person every day.

Book IV Part 1
Quote/Metaphor
Quote:
Theology means "the science of God," and I
think any man who wants to think about God
at all would like to have the clearest and most
accurate ideas about Him which are
available (Lewis 75).

Response
This quote really made me think about my
views on Christianity, because we all want to
know everything about God and all the good
he has done for us. Theology is basically a
way to know more about God which allows
us to be closer to Him in our lives. If we use
theology, we will know more about God and
will understand his teachings and plans more
and will know how He wants us to be in order

Metaphor:
It is all thrills and no work; like watching the
waves from the beach (Lewis 75).

Quote:
It is quite true that if we took Christ's advice
we should soon be living in a happier world
(Lewis 76).

Metaphor:
Space is like Him in its hugeness: not that
the greatness of space is the same kind of
greatness as God's, but it is a sort of symbol
of it, or a translation of it into non-spiritual
terms (Lewis 77).

to get into Heaven.

This metaphor is explaining to us that it is
easy to watch the waves on the beach go back
and forth but it requires no work. It will give
you a thrill but you will get nothing out of it.
This relates to Christianity because we can
listen and get the thrill from Gods teachings,
but if we do not work then we will get
nothing out of it. The metaphor is trying to
present to us that in order to accomplish
something in our faith, we need to work to
earn it.
This is arguably the most important thing in
this entire book. I believe that if we all take
Christs advice, this entire world would be
changed forever and will be made much
better. There would be little to no sin which
brings joy and happiness. The only problem is
that it is very difficult to do things that require
hard work and dedication, which is what it
would take in order to succeed in this.
Space and God are similar in some ways for
they are both never ending in their own way.
As Lewis stated, it is just a non-spiritual way
to relate the two. This relates to Christianity
for Gods love is never ending just as space is
never ending area. Both will go on forever no
matter what happens. Gods love will not end
if you continue to follow him and make it to
Heaven. Heaven and space are also similar
but very different. They are both never ending
but Heaven is full of light where space is all
darkness.

Book IV Part 2
Quote/Metaphor
Quote:
What He is watching and waiting and
working for is something that is not easy even
for God, because, from the nature of the case,
even He cannot produce it by a mere act of

Response
This quote sums up Gods problems with
getting people to follow his teachings. It is
not even easy for God, who is capable of
anything for he cannot just make people
follow him, it is their own decision. This
relates to Christianity because we struggle

power (Lewis 101).

Quote:
God became man to turn creatures into sons:
not simply to produce better men of the old
kind but to produce a new kind of man
(Lewis 103).

Metaphor:
It is not like teaching a horse to jump better
and better but like turning a horse into a
winged creature (Lewis 103).

Metaphor:
The nearest parallel to it in the world of
nature is to be found in the remarkable
transformations we can make in insects by
applying certain rays to them (Lewis 103).

following God and God struggles getting us

to follow him. God does not have the power
to force us to follow him, instead we have to
choose to do so.
God had His only begotten son, Jesus come
into the world to teach the people about the
one and only God. He came to produce new
men in the world to follow him and spread the
good news to others. I selected this quote
because it shows how and why God came into
the world, which was to create a new man to
be more like Him.
This relates to the previous quote that I just
mentioned. God came in the form of His son,
Jesus, to make new people, not change those
who are already there. He wanted to change
man for the betterment of the people to follow
God more fully. This relates to Christianity
for we need to become new followers of
Christ, not changed followers of Christ.
This metaphor relates to the previous
metaphor in how changing something in
someone can change who they really are. We
can change insects by applying different
elements to them. He uses this comparison as
more of a summary from the previous
metaphor for it was very farfetched and
outrageous. This relates to Christianity for we
can be simply changed for the betterment of
the world, but we will not become and new
person but changed. God wants new people,
not changed people, to preach the good news
to gain new followers of Christ.