Out of the Silent Planet - CS Lewis (Post 3)

This is what the God-like, but not-God, character says near the end of the book.

'I see how the lord of the silent planet has bent you. There are laws that all hnau [human-like beings] know, of pity and straight dealing and shame and the like, and one of these is the love of kindred. He has taught you to break all of them except this one, which is not one of the greatest laws; this one he has bent until it becomes folly . . .'

I think one of the greatest strengths in this book is the way that Lewis redescribes some of the things that we value to show how ridiculous they can seem.