A novel based on the correspondence between an uncle and his nephew about the manner in which an apprentice devil should push his client fairly new believer. Uncle Screwtape?s advice tends to be focused on a mental attack of the ?client?. He repeatedly encourages Wormwood to have his client critically evaluate himself as well as those individuals that surround him. His hope is to internalize a lot of negativity that will lead him to choose a path of destruction. Wormwood has a great deal of respect for Screwtape as he gives repeated reports of his progress and continuously seeks clarity and affirmation from Screwtape. This novel is not only an entertaining easy read, but also a method to give Christian?s perspective on religion and spirituality. At the end of this novel, Wormwood has to accept defeat as his client continues to be a Christian and live a virtuous life. Screwtape is very disappointed, but continues to adore his nephew and decides to have him shadow his technique. C.S. Lewis was very clever in his attempt to warn Christians of some of the dangers/risks that they may encounter in their walk of faith. Screwtape Letters not illustrates Lewis? knowledge of the bible, but also addresses pertinent world issues. I really
I really enjoyed reading this novel. The thing that I most enjoyed was the client?s defense against these two evils. His strength seemed to come from his faith and prayers. His faith seems to come from the kind of faith that Paul preached about which was based on trust in God. The client had to develop strength based on the word of God. His faith was also strengthened through prayer. Prayer was illustrated as a type of supplication and indication of a relationship with Christ. Prayer in this novel was evidence of faith. Whenever the client prayed the two evils were left defenseless. Their ?enemy? (Christ) stepped in and assisted the client through reassurance. I really enjoyed reading this novel. One of the main reasons is that it caused me to think about my personal experience. As Christians I feel that many people are expecting the enemy to attack us in a certain manner and we do not realize the mental battle that we fight with him daily. We also have so may expectations that he is coming to attack our life that we often fail to see his other attempts. I also enjoyed the way that the novel applies to current day issues/problems. C.S. Lewis wrote this novel in 1949, but many of the same issues are going on today. One example is that of war. Screwtape seems to find pleasure in the fact that humans are destroying themselves. He also seems to find pleasure/humor in the various conflicts among humanity. An example of this is the basis of religious denomination and practices. This seems to go back to Paul
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