Out of the silent planet
http://www.saltmanz.com/pictures/ Out of the Silent Planet is one of the most important books if you were to study the career of C.S. Lewis. It was widely regarded as one of Lewis's better books for adults seeking a harder read specifically focusing on morality, philosophy and human nature. Anna Nardo in 1979 wrote,
"As the reader travels with Ransom into Deep Heaven, he too is introduced to worlds where myth comes true and where what are merely artificial constructs to delineate kinds of poetry on earth become living realities in the heroic world of Mars and the pastoral world of Venus. Through identification with Ransom, the reader tastes what, Lewis seems to believe, is almost impossible in the modern world: pure epic and pure lyric experiences."
Lewis based the book around Christianity and his views of the world, combining the two into a fiction novel that ensnares the reader giving them much to think about later.
The books starts out with the main character Ransom walking somewhere in England and when looking for somewhere to stay for the night, he finds a small lodge. Once he's at the front door he hears yelling inside and sees the two other characters, Weston and Devine. They were trying to shove someone into a structure that he didn't want to go into so Ransom intervenes, saving the boy. Devine and Weston offer him a drink and lodging which he accepts, but the drink turned out to be drugged. The book goes on as they all head to space (against the will of Ransom) where they meet new species that have different moral views that Ransom is forced to accept, illuminating life in a whole new way for him.
Some say his characters are "too black and white," but some seem to debate this. Proof of the well written characters is seen when Devine basically goes into a full out argument with an angel. The debate is about morality and philosophy. His view was that the human race must expand at any cost. We see him saying this not as an evil man but rather one driven by what he sees as essential and mandatory for sentient life. This proves the argued point because from where we view it, it appears that C.S. Lewis designed him to be "Evil" and for this to sound "Evil" BUT the passage is so well written that an open minded reader could find themselves listening to his arguments and being scared finding themselves understanding what he's saying. You may not agree with him but you can see where he's coming from and the logic he has to support him. This book is very important if you were to be studying C.S. Lewis because it carries themes seen across and in all of Lewis's novels.
"As the reader travels with Ransom into Deep Heaven, he too is introduced to worlds where myth comes true and where what are merely artificial constructs to delineate kinds of poetry on earth become living realities in the heroic world of Mars and the pastoral world of Venus. Through identification with Ransom, the reader tastes what, Lewis seems to believe, is almost impossible in the modern world: pure epic and pure lyric experiences."
Lewis based the book around Christianity and his views of the world, combining the two into a fiction novel that ensnares the reader giving them much to think about later.
The books starts out with the main character Ransom walking somewhere in England and when looking for somewhere to stay for the night, he finds a small lodge. Once he's at the front door he hears yelling inside and sees the two other characters, Weston and Devine. They were trying to shove someone into a structure that he didn't want to go into so Ransom intervenes, saving the boy. Devine and Weston offer him a drink and lodging which he accepts, but the drink turned out to be drugged. The book goes on as they all head to space (against the will of Ransom) where they meet new species that have different moral views that Ransom is forced to accept, illuminating life in a whole new way for him.
Some say his characters are "too black and white," but some seem to debate this. Proof of the well written characters is seen when Devine basically goes into a full out argument with an angel. The debate is about morality and philosophy. His view was that the human race must expand at any cost. We see him saying this not as an evil man but rather one driven by what he sees as essential and mandatory for sentient life. This proves the argued point because from where we view it, it appears that C.S. Lewis designed him to be "Evil" and for this to sound "Evil" BUT the passage is so well written that an open minded reader could find themselves listening to his arguments and being scared finding themselves understanding what he's saying. You may not agree with him but you can see where he's coming from and the logic he has to support him. This book is very important if you were to be studying C.S. Lewis because it carries themes seen across and in all of Lewis's novels.
In my eyes and many others it was a stroke of genius if someone could write a book where you fully understand the antagonists motives. ~ Daniel Dyck