Cicero comes alive in the streets and Forum of ancient Rome—his speeches, ambitions, and moral challenges unfolding in real time. In Robert Harris’ Imperium, students encounter the drama, tension, and intrigue of the Roman Republic in a way that captivates even those usually reluctant to read novels.
The White Witch is not simply cruel—she is a tyrant with a theory, one she states aloud to a boy who has just asked how she could destroy a world. This article reads Jadis as a case study in how power exempts itself from the rules, tracing the three ways she escapes judgment across Lewis’s two novels: by argument, by force, and by law.
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In The Magician’s Nephew, there are two ways to meet the world: to receive it with open hands or to seize it. Explore how that single distinction runs through creation, temptation, and power—with classroom discussions for middle school readers.
