Out Of The Silent Planet

Grief can play with one’s mind twisting and manipulating one to not be the same person they used to be, while grief can also change one for the better. In the book, Ransom, by David Malouf, Hector kills Achilles’ friend, Patroclus, so Achilles kills Hector. Priam wants to see his son one last time so he makes a plan to get to him. Somax takes Priam on a carriage to go find his son Hector. They have some troubles along the way, but they eventually get to Priam’s son. Priam brings Hector back to Troy and Hector is buried. In Ransom by David Malouf, the author teaches the reader the power of grief through the experiences of Priam and Achilles. Grief can be a controlling force, it can cause and individual to change as a person, and grief can strongly influence one’s actions.

Dehumanization, the most common of all the trait of a dystopian narrative, and was brilliantly displayed in many segments of Total Recall. The underworld, were the less fortunate lived, worked and played was plagued by over crowed streets, depression and crime bars and brothel’s. This area was extremely impoverished and, it was a detailed dramatization of life on planet Mars. Imagine that the earth was so messed that its inhabitant has packed up and moved to Mars, knowing fully that they have to pay for every breath of they had to breathe. The under ground inhabitants of Mars had been so long deprived of air and penetrated by radiation that many people had developed deformities. Imagine if there is a treasure in the earth’s core and one man had possession of it. Knowing that it’s healing effect once it was found could right all the wrongs or reverse the damage society has done to the earth. Knowing this on thing would restore the earth’s resources.

After Ransom’s escape, he finds this utopian world that he becomes very fond of later on. His courage is shown throughout the book such as fighting with the sea monster. Luckily, the local Martians took him in and showed the extraordinary outside of their tranquil, idealistic ways of living. They are fundamentally as amazed to have a guest from Earth as Ransom is amazed to be their visitor. To them, Earth is a quiet planet. A simple world with no strange association with whatever remains of the universe. The Hrossa are portrayed as hunters and human-like creatures in the book. They are really close to nature and show many interest in music and poetry. The pale textured animals to some degree look like giraffes, just slimmer and very tall. Their

When the people from Earth attempt to inhabit Mars, they do not think of the citizens who already reside there, “after all, like the Pilgrims, these people came here to escape Earth. Maybe they won’t be too happy to see us. Maybe they’ll try to drive us out or kill us,” (Bradbury, Chapter 5). The people may be trying to escape their personal past, but it is not possible to escape the pasts of others. As they continue to infiltrate Mars, they meet many obstacles and have continuous conflicting actions with the Martians.

Ransom rested for the night and continued to walk on the next morning. He stopped at a pond to take a drink and while he drank he saw a large seal-like creature also drinking from the pond. Ransom ends up once again fearing for his life until he hears a noise from the creature that seem like talking. Due to this he went to introduce himself to the creature. The creature introduces itself as a hross named Hyoi. Hyoi took Ransom back to his village. Ransom spent multiple weeks at the village learning their culture and their language. He is struck by the fact that there is a lack of conflict between the hrossa, the sorns, and the pfifltriggi. After many weeks of learning about the hrossa, they become excited about hearing of a shark-like creature in a lake near the village. Being excited about this news, the hrossa ready their boats quickly to hunt the

Virtue is a quality that one possesses. But how can virtue be attained? Does someone simply decide they want to be virtuous? The question I am focusing on is as follows: Is avoiding evil sufficient to make one virtuous or must virtue be an active choice? Upon hearing this question I immediately thought “of course just avoiding evil alone doesn't make one virtuous”, but as I began to think more deeply about the question and to analyze examples from “Out Of The Silent Planet” by C.S. Lewis, it started to change what I thought. I do think that virtue is an active choice, however I also think avoiding evil is active choice.

     Although memory played a profound role in Ransom’s perception of fear, throughout Out of the Silent Planet, morality also played a decisive role in Ransom’s perception of fear. While in almost every case, Ransom’s morality allowed him to

Out of the silent planet by C.S Lewis is a novel that denotes the difference between the social system on planet earth and the planet Malacandra. In Malacandra, groups live in harmony with one another and complement each other. On earth, the social system is brutal and evil. The novel is a science fiction that covers Dr. Ransoms (major character) adventures and encounters on a planet that is entirely different from earth. Ransoms lands into this planet by accident after being kidnapped by two evil men (Devine and Weston) and transported to the planet Malacandra (Mars) by spacecraft. In Planet Malacandra, Ransoms encounters the three different creatures that inhabit the planet, hrossa, sorns, and pfifltriggi. He

As the character Ransom walked across England the reader felt as if beside him the whole way. When he visited Mars, even with the bizarre scenery it seemed so real.

All throughout Lewis novels there is evidence that clearly connects the themes and symbolism from other aspects of traditional Christian literature both during and before he began writing. One of the most distinct examples of this occurring within Lewis’ works is the influence that Dante had on the concepts that he reflects on while conveying thoughts to his readers. This is specifically more notable a connection between Dante and Lewis when you examine the parallels that take place within Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet and Dante’s Inferno. The literary tradition left behind by Dante is both one able to influence the thoughts of others and to teach the value of Christianity through within a fictional environment. This is similar to Lewis’ Space Trilogy in more ways than one, some of which include Ransom journey in place of the pilgrim as he travels through strange, new, territory in order to reach his goal, and the use of Malacandra to represent the levels of Hell. Each book in the Space Trilogy continues to expand on the possible influence that Dante may have had on Lewis while he wrote these books and aims to show Christians the truth behind the Dante’s thoughts through the use of science fiction. Many elements found within Dante’s Inferno are reintroduced through new ideas by Lewis within Out of the Silent Planet in order to convey Christian thoughts and

Malachi Constant also known as Unk and Space Wanderer was the richest man in America. He was a speculator in corporate securities. The name Malachi Constant means faithful messenger (7) which foreshadows his future travels to Mars, Earth, Mercury and Titan (43). Constant is a man whose life has always been graced by luck: he was born into great fortune, and improved that fortune. Constant has done nothing with his life, living every day in constant indulgences until his fortune is lost. He is later made into the metaphor, for all of humanity's problems. Malachi was abducted from Earth by an agent of Rumfoord to become part of a Martian infantry division that attacks Florida (85). His mind is erased, and he spends all his time on Mars trying to remember who he is, and what is going on. In his memory that was selectively cleared and an antenna placed into his brain, which is controlled by Commander Boaz. Vonnegut is satirizing war by putting everyone in control under one command also the uncertainty about which one is fighting for. After eight

When a mystrious outlaw is betrayed by his accomplice during robbery on Mars, he’s forced to partner up with an unlikely ally in order to get his revenge and save humanity as he’s the subject of a major manhunt.

Dr. Ransom is on Perelandra, the planet we know as Venus. He travels here from

Book The Martian is a novel about NASA astronaut Mark Watney, a botanist and mechanical engineer, who has been left stranded by his crew of the Ares 3 mission after they were forced to evacuate the red planet due to an intense dust storm and high winds. The main character – Mark Watney – is probably the most interesting of them all. What is so interesting about him is that he is a botanist and mechanical engineer, and how he uses these skills to survive on a planet with no food - just the man-made base built on Mars and the tools inside it. Another interesting character is the young NASA engineer who is getting very bored with her job, and even wants to quit sometimes, Mindy Park.

In “The Fate of the Poseidonia,” Margaret views Mr. Martell, a Martian, as an “interesting character” and refuses