Amy Jackson- Ransom and Christ

In Perelandra, the second in the Space Trilogy, Ransom has a mission. He gives himself up to fate in order to save Perelandra. In this book, Ransom obviously becomes a Christ figure. In the essays "Myth became Fact" by C.S. Lewis, he talks about how when we are reading myth we don't automatically think about the meaning behind it. We read the myth for what it is. From reading it, we unconsciously realize truths. Lewis says, "If that was what you were doing, the myth would be for you no true myth but a mere allegory. You were not knowing but tasting; but what you were tasting turns out to be a universal principle. The moment we state this principle we are back in the world of abstraction." If we experience the myth without trying to figure out the greater meaning behind it, we will actually learn more. It is similar to how we learn more by experience than just listening or reading. In Perelandra, we must read Ransom as a person who was kidnapped and taken to another planet. We must read his experiences as a story, not an allegory. Although his actions are similar to those of Christ's, if we understand him first, we will understand Christ in a new way.