Anne Taylor Robertson 4: Space Trilogy 2

That Hideous Strength "Now, Mrs. Studdock," said the Director, "you shall see a diversion. But you must be perfectly still." With these words he took from his pocket a little silver whistle and blew a note on it. And Jane sat still till the room became filled with silence like a solid thing and there was first a scratching and then a rustling and presently she saw three plump mice working their passage across what was to them the thick undergrowth of the carpet, nosing this way and that so that if their course had been drawn it would have resembled that of a winding river, until they were so close that she could see the palpitation of their noses. In spite of what she said she did not really care for mice in the neighborhood of her feet and it was with an effort that she sat still. Thanks to this effort she saw mice for the first time as a really are - not as creeping things but as dainty quadrupeds, almost, when they sat up, like tiny kangaroos, with sensitive kid-gloved forepaws and transparent ears. With quick inaudible movements they ranged to and fro till not a crumb was left on the floor. Then the blew a second time on his whistle and with a sudden whisk of tails all three of them were racing for home and in a few seconds had disappeared behind the coal box. The Director looked at her with laughter in his eyes. ...
"There," he said, "a very simple adjustment. Humans want crumbs removed; mice are anxious to remove them. It ought never to have been a cause of war."
I liked this quote of Lewis’ because it sheds light on the original intention of the relationship between men and animals. Compared to the almighty, are we so far above the animals that we should always be treating them as a nuisance, as things to be trapped, and as enemies? In the book of Job, God confronts Job with a harsh reality and reminds him of how small and insignificant he is, “Then the LORD said to Job, "Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?" Then Job replied to the LORD,
"I am nothing--how could I ever find the answers? I will put my hand over my mouth in silence.
I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say." Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: "Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them,” The Lord goes on to challenge Job and humble him. This is a theme that I find very interesting in Lewis’ works.