"Out of the Silent Planet" Characters – Flashcards
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Dr. Elwin Ransom
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Protagonist (main character)
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Ransom
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philogist (one who studies literature and human speech)
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Ransom
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Kidnapped and taken to a foreign planet (meant to be used as "ransom" for Devine and Weston)
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Dick Devine
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a scientist who works for the sole purpose of gaining wealth
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Devine
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went to graduate school with Ransom but was not his friend
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Devine
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not concerned about the Divine (God) - play on words
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Devine and Weston
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antagonists
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Devine
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plan is to acquire vast amounts of gold and other precious items.
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Weston
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plan is to advance humanity by exploiting the planet
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Dr. Weston
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physicist - consumed with the desire to further the human race through discoveries in science.
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Weston
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developed a space craft that can travel to Mars.
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Hyoi
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Ransom's first real encounter (with a Hros) and communication. Becomes loyal friend to Ransom.
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Whin
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a relative of Hyoi, is very brave, directs Ransom to Oyarsa
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Oyarsa
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spiritual leader of Malacandra (rules Malacandra)
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Augray
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eighteen-feet-high Sorn who lives in a tower on a mountain, star-gazing from his observatory, where he later shows Ransom earth.
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Meldilorn
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Where Oyarsa lives
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Maledil the young
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represents Jesus Christ
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Oyarsa
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duty to keep peace and make sure the needs of the inhabitants of Malacandra are met
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Oyarsa
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lives on the island of Meldilorn and has the ability to travel through time and space
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Hnohra
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an older hross who teaches Ransom to speak the old solar language
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kanakaberaka
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a pfifltrigg who carves Ransom's portrait onto a stone
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harry
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a boy who tends the furnace at the rise, the farm where Devine and Weston live in the English countryside.
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C. S. Lewis
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author and narrator of the novel
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eldila
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represens angels (work for Oyaesa as messengers and maintainers of the planet)
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Maledil
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"Old one", creator of Mars, God the Father
