The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Techniques
Lewis uses a third-person omniscient intrusive point of view in telling this tale. He often has his narrator directly address the reader, calling on him to use his own experiences to understand motives and actions of the characters. The tone which results is frequently avuncular.
Perhaps the most notable technique is Lewis's use of imagery. Through concrete language he accumulates details which convince the reader that another world in a different dimension of time somehow coexists with the prosaic world of wartime England. For example, in his account of the meal at the Beavers'...
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