While all three books have vivid imagery, OSP does it best. Perelandra is incredibly descriptive but, almost to a fault. The first half of the book is all description of the planet which is not the most effective approach to develop a narrative. In That Hideous Strength Lewis takes a more direct approach and uses less imagery, while focusing on theme and development of multiple characters. While Lewis is somewhat effective in developing his themes, the book is just lacking in imagery from figurative language. The character development in this book is by far the most effective in Out of the Silent Planet. We are introduced to the main character of the series, Dr. Elwin Ransom. When he is captured and taken to Malacandra he is on one of many of his walking tours of the British Isles. This shows he is a man who enjoys adventure and he receives that adventure …show more content…
In Perelandra we have the same or almost the same Ransom as in Out of the Silent Planet. He doesn’t change much over the course of this book until very slightly at the end. This situation is almost reversed in That Hideous Strength; Ransom is a completely different person than he was at the end of Perelandra. He has grown into a leader and teacher but, that happened between the two books and is not shown in a way that is satisfying to the reader. Out of the Silent Planet is where I believe Lewis’s best and most important theological allusions occur. Lewis’ alludes to the fall of Satan from God’s Kingdom by portraying Satan as the Oyarsa of Thulcandra. He challenges the “Old One” or God for his power and sent back to Thulcandra. Communication is shutoff from the rest of the Cosmos; hence, the Silent Planet. This allusion allows Lewis to smuggle his Christian beliefs into this story with out anyone being the wiser. This is his strongest allusion because without it he rest of the story cannot fall into