Out Of The Silent Planet Summary
26 September 2009
Documented Book Review I am reviewing the book Out of the Silent Planet, by C. S. Lewis. This is a science fiction story about inter galactic planetary travel and some alien-beings that a man meets out in space who ironically help him to realize the true intentions of human nature. What really made this story interesting to me is that a man on a walk about, named Ransom, did not want to travel into outer space to meet alien creatures; he was simply on a personal journey for something new, while touring the countryside of Britain.
When looking for a place to stay for the night, Ransom meets a woman who is searching for her retarded son. Ransom decides to help her, thinking that it will get him a bed for the night. Down the road, Ransom stumbles upon an old college mate at a house where the retarded boy was. The women’s son was held the captive of a megalomaniacal physicist. Ransom, who was only trying to help find …show more content…
The Pfifltriggi like to build things; Pfifltriggi’s have built mostly everything on Malcandra. Another type of creature was a Sorn, a tall creature with long arms, legs, and an elongated face. The Sorns, Pfifltriggi, and Hross all lived in different places on the planet and in different environments but are all inter connected by Oyarsa. Oyarsa lives at Medilorn, knows everything, rules everyone, and has always been there, but he is not one of the three creatures. Oyarsa is more of a spirit than a creature, but still he acknowledges a greater being than himself—GOD. The way that Oyarsa talks about his GOD Maleldil, seems like he is describing the same GOD of the heavens that planet Earth knows. The creatures of Malcandra are not bent; bent is a way to describe the creatures that are not obedient to GOD’S good behavior, unlike the human race of
Documented Book Review I am reviewing the book Out of the Silent Planet, by C. S. Lewis. This is a science fiction story about inter galactic planetary travel and some alien-beings that a man meets out in space who ironically help him to realize the true intentions of human nature. What really made this story interesting to me is that a man on a walk about, named Ransom, did not want to travel into outer space to meet alien creatures; he was simply on a personal journey for something new, while touring the countryside of Britain.
When looking for a place to stay for the night, Ransom meets a woman who is searching for her retarded son. Ransom decides to help her, thinking that it will get him a bed for the night. Down the road, Ransom stumbles upon an old college mate at a house where the retarded boy was. The women’s son was held the captive of a megalomaniacal physicist. Ransom, who was only trying to help find …show more content…
The Pfifltriggi like to build things; Pfifltriggi’s have built mostly everything on Malcandra. Another type of creature was a Sorn, a tall creature with long arms, legs, and an elongated face. The Sorns, Pfifltriggi, and Hross all lived in different places on the planet and in different environments but are all inter connected by Oyarsa. Oyarsa lives at Medilorn, knows everything, rules everyone, and has always been there, but he is not one of the three creatures. Oyarsa is more of a spirit than a creature, but still he acknowledges a greater being than himself—GOD. The way that Oyarsa talks about his GOD Maleldil, seems like he is describing the same GOD of the heavens that planet Earth knows. The creatures of Malcandra are not bent; bent is a way to describe the creatures that are not obedient to GOD’S good behavior, unlike the human race of