In both The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength the central message, the power of the majority, is highlighted through Mark’s desire to be in the inner circle, therefore expressing the dangers of complying to traditional norms without question. Lewis states, “We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst” (12). In this quote specifically and throughout the book, Lewis aims to highlight how harmful taking away things like emotion can be to humanity. Lewis continues to warns readers in The Abolition of Man how propaganda and fear can be so corrupting that the human race will eventually forget traditional morals and evolve for the worse. In the novel, That Hideous Strength the reader originally views the NICE institution as something beneficial, that is there to help the community for the better. Later, it is learned that the NICE institution is amoral and aiming to control their lives through propaganda. Lewis depicts NICE in a sneaky, manipulative way to allude to the true dangers of blind obedience. For example, in That Hideous Strength, the NICE employees discuss the way they twist reality in order to gain more of a following; “We want you to write it down — to camouflage it… But in the meantime, it does make a difference how things are put. For instance, if it were even whis- pered that the N.I.C.E. wanted powers to experiment on criminals, you’d have all the old women of both sexes up in arms and yap- ping about humanity. Call it re-education of the mal-adjusted, and you have them all slobbering with delight that the brutal era of re- tributive punishment has at last come to an end” (32). In this quote the propaganda Lewis warns society about in The Abolition of Man is seen. In the beginning chapters of That Hideous Strength no one questions the morals or goals of NICE. Similarly, in The Abolition of Man, Lewis describes extensively how he is worried the students today are being shaped with the same mindset to not question traditional methods. In a changing society such as the one in That Hideous Strength, old morality and traditional customs are lost in translation and mankind is left with ambiguous guidelines, skewed by the desires of those in power. The main character, Mark, realizes, after finally gaining access to the inner circle, how vain and empty the inner circle really is. Mark’s dissatisfaction alludes to how truly undesirable and unfulfilling power can be once one has control. Overall, the dangers of following the pack is explained in The Abolition of Man and demonstrated in That Hideous Strength.