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Prompt: Relate an element from The Abolition of Man to a specific theme in the novel That Hideous Strength and analyze their relation to totalitarian concerns from the Solzhenitsyn or Zuboff or Scruton books or a combination of two or three of those works Title: The Dangers of Blind Obedience found in That HIdeous Strength… Continue reading Essay Draft

 In the novel That Hideous Strength by Lewis there are many parallels to Solzhenitsyn’s novel, The Gulag Archipelago. In both novels there are situations where the powerless are faced against a big business or affiliation because they have differing ideologies. Although the enemies in both novels are not exactly in the same realm considering how… Continue reading Reflect on a passage from Lewis’ novel and a passage from Solzhenitsyn’s novel The Gulag Archipelago

         In the novel, Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff specifically highlights all the elements present today that Lewis tries to warn readers about in The Abolition of Man, therefore connecting both authors’ overarching theme of the dangers of blindly accepting advancements without question. Zuboff begins by describing the term surveillance capitalism, which gains from the… Continue reading Related scene from That Hideous Strength to the readings in Zuboff

 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… Continue reading The Abolition of Man related to That Hideous Strength

         Hi everyone! My name is Chloe Troy. I am from Boston Massachusetts and I am a first year student at Bucknell University.              In the novel “The Abolition of Man,” C.S. Lewis argues how the aged teaching methods used by the English are teaching students to think with rationale only and… Continue reading Tolkien and Lewis Technocracy & Totalitarianism