The readings of The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis and The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, have a direct connection to the opening of That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis because of their unifying theme that the only thing man has to fear, is man itself. This is a prominent theme in the second section of The Abolition of Man named The Way where there is a focus surrounding the idea of instincts and impulses man experience. Specifically from The Way, the definition of an instinct is a “unreflective or spontaneous impulse” which goes on to continue with the idea that every individual has their own impulses and or instincts (Lewis 16.) The idea of every individual having its own instincts sparks the conversation of whether or not all impulses and instincts should be continuously and or blindly followed. In some cases, there is an impulse to kill and or an instinct to harm another person, through the use of force and or by becoming an informant to those in authority. Which further reinforces the idea that man only can fear man itself, because man is the one that can inflict harm on one another. Continuing on to the ideas of The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn enforces that the camps people were sent to corrupted their souls because people were beginning to “pass for thieves” due to it being the “only way to survive the camps” (Solzhenitsyn 621.) The corruption of their souls is as a direct result of another man’s overtly large power that is exerted upon those within the camps. The people in the camps were changing their ways and souls in a negative manner, due to the effects of another man in power. Which in simpler terms is the idea that the people in the camps were fearful of another man, reiterating that man only has to fear man itself. Continuing on to the second chapter of The Hideous Strength, Lewis states the three “main” problems that man faces and the third of which being man itself (Lewis 22.) Lewis goes on to list what man can do when some men must “take charge of the rest”, including the sterilization and manipulation of man (Lewis 24.) All in all, solidifying the theme that man only has to fear man itself, due to the power that man holds over one another, evident in all three readings.