Answers to the discussion questions at the end of chapter one:

1. Lewis is correct in claiming that our world is under the spell of worldliness in almost every way. While there are a good many people who have allowed Jesus to break that spell, there are a lot more who either don't know there is a spell to be broken or refuse to be freed from it. This is evident all around us. Every time we turn on the TV or listen to the radio or go shopping we see it and Satan is trying with all his might to use it to hinder our relationship with God.

2. These stories rekindle in us a desire for good character, both in ourselves and in those around us. They make us want to be in a "land of 'courtesy and courage', a place where 'obedience to proper authority is a delight' and where 'the fruits of such attitudes are obvious.' "