The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Peter - This character is a young English boy, the eldest in a family of four children, and he later becomes High King; not because of his success on the battlefield, but because he is the eldest.

Susan - This character is the second eldest of the four children and therefore is almost a motherly figure to the two younger children. She is the practical child, the one who attempts to make peace at any cost.

Edmund - This character is a normal, curious little boy when the novel begins, but he later...
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