Evil is What you let it be.
The Screwtape letters is a sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant in the hierarchy of Hell. At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of a worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. The letters tell the tale of deadly temptation and the road to sin, yet are also an uplifting account of human virtue and its ability to overcome Evil. Screwtape is an able and wise Tempter. He tells us of some of his past ‘patients’ and on a wider scale, the plan of action of “Our Father Bellow”. He incorporates in his stories or letters, the great philosophical shifts that have occurred in the past century, how they were influenced by the great devils, and how they might help Wormwood ‘save’ his patient. These influences cited are given from a purely demonic perspective and yet they reveal the depth of the authors understanding of human emotion, and temptation. Wormwood’s patient appears to the reader to be the most average of men. It is possible that this is done by the author in an attempt to make the reader empa
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Approximate Word count = 1056
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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