The seasons in Chronicles of Narnia-Melissa Faller

The seasons in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe constantly impact how the reader interprets the characters and scenes. Two of the main examples of symbolization that C.S. Lewis uses in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are the seasons winter and spring. Winter in the story is used to represent a dead stagnant time and is also when the White Witch is ruler over Narnia. Lewis elucidates that nothing is growing, the animals are hibernating and there is no appreciation for nature during winter. Just like the lack of appreciation for winter there is also the same feeling towards the White Witch as ruler. She and the way C.S. Lewis depicts winter are represented in a way that is not enjoyable, terrible, and cold. In addition to using winter as a way to correlate the characters moods with the atmosphere around them, Lewis also does this with spring. In the book spring is represented as a time of warmth, happiness, and growth. I would argue that it is not a coincidence that with the warmth of spring a new ruler arrives, one who is also warm and happy.
Additionally, I enjoyed how Lewis incorporated the seasons to match the emotions and attitudes of his characters. I feel that Lewis used the seasons not only as I previously stated but also to attribute Aslan and make him comparable to a God. In the Bible, often times natural disasters are associated with God. An example of this is the flood, where God made it rain for 40 days. I love the way Lewis uses nature, something that we as humans can not control, and uses it in order to subtly hint that Aslan is Christ.