The Abolition of Man Blog
- Hello everyone, my name is Rafael Muniz. I’m currently an undecided management major from Chester, New Jersey. I’ve only learned about Tolkien and Lewis’ works from a filmmaking standpoint before, so I’m excited to be able to get started from this point of view
- Our first reading for this seminar was the first two chapters of The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
- Because we all learn about literature, life, and the world by some set standard by those above us, it is not certain that we learn this by the right standard.
- Lewis starts off the book by using some of our understandings and those of the authors he depicts as Gaius and Titus, while clearly pointing out their misunderstandings, to try to give his own point of view on some of the pitfalls of English education and the adverse affects on those who are taught this way.
- He points out basic misunderstandings of human emotion, feelings, beliefs, values, virtues, and more that persist and thrive through those who insist otherwise. Lewis expertly recalls the beliefs of the Tao, Plato’s teachings of human reason, and provides his own interpretations to demonstrate that Gaius’ and Titus’ approaches could have been altered to the benefit of the learners.
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