Yet, without knowing it, his marriage to Jane has changed Mark deeply, albeit in ways that will only manifest themselves in his ultimate confrontation with evil. “Mark was not as a rule very sensitive to beauty, but Jane and his love for Jane had already awakened him a little in this respect.” A little bit sensuous, Mark simultaneously combines a mild contempt for Jane’s limitations with a desire to impress and please her. Since experiencing the defects and faults of our closest family and loved ones often results in frustration and disappointment, Lewis’ book can serve as a reminder how necessary these inadequate people are for us-and how necessary our own inevitable inadequateness is for them.Īlthough Mark Studdock is a apparently brilliant academic, the unfolding events of the book demonstrate his shortsightedness, thoughtlessness, and gullibility. This need itself brings them to the realization that the love they need to give and receive is sacrificial and dependant.

As the story progresses, their assumptions about good, evil, and God are not the only things challenged and changed they realize how much they need each other, selfish and confused as they are.

Materialistic, secular, and blinded by thoughts of success and independence, both Mark and Jane are woefully inadequate humans. Lewis follows the diverging paths of newlyweds Mark and Jane Studdock as they become embroiled in the cosmic forces battling for and against the overthrow of humanity. In That Hideous Strength (1945), the third volume of his Space Trilogy (1938-1945), C.

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