Virtue In 'How Should We Then Live'

"From the most ancient times justice has been a two-part concept: virtue triumphs and vice is punished." Francis A. Schaeffer from How Should We Then Live. In advance to the establishment of this composition, 'virtue' will be defined. Taken from Merriam-Webster.com, 'virtue' is defined as a particular moral excellence, something that is keenly chosen in order to achieve. Ransom became terrified by the detail that he was a sacrifice to the Sorns by his two acquaintances, Weston and Devine, and consequently ran when he became unrestricted from the grasp the men had on him. For months, Ransom was on the run and came upon numerous trials that tried his virtue.
Merely days into his desperate escape from his captors, Ransom approached one of the scarce creatures that populated Malacandra. This first consultation graced Ransom with his primary trial and, depending on the action he executed at this time would consequently dictate the struggle of his endurance on the foreign world. Ransom had three possibilities he could elect in this circumstance, dart away, injure the creature, or attempt to communicate. He decided on the third option presented to him and began his attempts to communicate with the unidentified being. This reveals to be the accurate conclusion as the duo use signs and body language to chat to each other. After
Ransom proceeded to declare, "Love of our own kind, is not the greatest of laws, but you, Oyarsa have said it is a law. If I cannot live in Thulcandra, it is better for me not to live at all." Oyarsa concludes that this is the superlative resolution for Ransom to fabricate and, before Ransom's departure, replied, "You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain and perhaps your