The mice who free Aslan- Elissa Wilcox

The mice are a very interesting part of the resurrection of Aslan. To understand their significance however, we must go back to when he was first killed by the White Witch. He was tortured and mocked while being tied with thick ropes. The interesting part of this was that he was in no way trying to get away from the situation. He had willingly given himself up to the White Witch in the place of Edmund and therefore, had no intention of disappearing, although he could have if he wanted to. Aslan was bound to the table and stabbed to death by the Witch. It was after this humiliating death that the lowliest of animals’ part came into play. Mice are not very significant animals and most people are terrified of them, but Lewis uses them to be the ones to lovingly chew away pieces of the rope until nothing was left holding Aslan down. Just as Lewis depicted a seemingly insignificant animal to play a very important role, so too we are meant to play an important role even if it does not seem so at the time. The thing that I loved about Lewis’ depiction of the mice was that they were so patient as they chewed the rope away. They persevered through the night, working slowly but steadily to accomplish the task that they had been given. Although Lewis did not intend for his books to be allegorical I feel like the mice are a great example for us to follow. Although we may not feel that we have much significance, do every task at hand to the best of our ability.