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It has been a while since I've read it, but the theme of the whole trilogy is human moral corruption, which of course for CS Lewis has a spiritual basis. So I
by adrianmonk 6y ago
It has been a while since I've read it, but the theme of the whole trilogy is human moral corruption, which of course for CS Lewis has a spiritual basis.
So I have to disagree with Orwell that the supernatural is superfluous. It's more that (each book focusing on a different planet), science is the vehicle for human moral corruption to play out on Earth.
Orwell obviously didn't find anything worthwhile in that, but I think it's more of a matter of Orwell not finding the theme compelling rather than a problem with how the book is put together.
- sudosteph 6y agoI've read it pretty recently, but my understanding was that the whole trilogy was just a more approachable version of "Abolition of Man". I could see someone like Orwell agreeing with the problem statement in that book (moral relativity is bad) but disagreeing with the way it plays out in the novel.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoTHS, specifically, seems to me less about moral relativity and more about coming face to face with a naked Will to Power.