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You must know that this it not a Disney princess story, it takes a look at the powers of darkness at work around us. When you come face to face with such a powerful appeal you have to draw back for self examinations and if you can't handle that, then I can not in good conscience recommend this book

I give the Screwtape Letters 4 stars out of 5. It is highly interesting. But it is very intellectual and complex, I found myself having to reread chapters to get the full meaning

Now I will recommend this book to you but with one stipulation.

Screwtape coaches that

" In civilized life domestic hatred usually expresses itself by saying things which

would appear quite harmless on paper (the words are not offensive) but in such a voice,

or at such a moment, that they are not far short of a blow in the face"

Over and over again he emphasizes that it is small petty sins that add up in the end to the destruction of our morality, the demise of individuality and utter destruction of our souls

In almost every letter, Screwtape insists that all that is needed to tip the balance of a man's soul, is a multitude of small sins.

Screwtape advises Wormwood on how to subtly tempt humans away from thoughts that would point them towards God.

Another way to tamper with prayer is to make the person think about himself instead of God

Another literary device that I found important was repetition.

He uses satire to show how it is a demons job to limit as much rational thought as possible.

Screwtape shows Wormwood how to tamper with a patients prayer to make him think about himself instead of God.

In satirical fashion C.S. Lewis shows Screwtape advising Wormwood on how to make the prayers useless

"It is, no doubt, impossible to prevent his praying for his mother, but we have

means of rendering the prayers innocuous".

He uses the letters from Screwtape to Wormwood, to point out the hypocrisy in the Christians

Throughout the story C.S. Lewis uses satire to highlight the follies of Christians' prayers that he witnessed happening all around him.

Screwtape teaches Wormwood that one of the main goals of demons is to keep the patient away from serious prayer.

I found that satire is a very important literary device in the Screwtape Letters

The letters begin after Uncle Screwtape finds out that Wormwoods' patient became Christian.

This can best be done be sending the patients' thoughts to himself, materialism, doubt and cowardice and to steer clear of topics that give God a route into their mind.

In each of the 31 letters, Screwtape, a senior demon, advises Wormwood, his young nephew, in how to tempt his patient, a human, away from the Enemy, God.

I find it funny that he got the idea to write it during a boring sermon at church.

The Screwtape Letters was written by C.S. Lewis and published in 1942 as a 31 part series in a newspaper

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