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The Screwtape Letters PDF , The Screwtape Letters PDF Download , The Screwtape Letters PDF Download for free using the direct download link given at the bottom of this article. The Screwtape Letters PDF Details , You can download The Screwtape Letters PDF by clicking on the following download button. The Screwtape Letters PDF Download Link...Written in the form of letters, The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis is an amusing and insightful correspondence between a senior devil, Screwtape, and his obstreperous and incompetent nephew, Wormwood, a “young friend.” All of the letters are from Screwtape to Wormwood, and the subject of the correspondence is a human being, newly converted to Christianity, whom Screwtape refers to as “the patient.” Throughout the correspondence, Screwtape tries to help Wormwood tempt the patient away from Heaven and into Hell. He encourages his nephew’s successes, suggests various and devious ways to enter the man’s thoughts and influence him, and berates Wormwood for his failures as the man begins attending church, goes through various ups and downs of faith, falls in love with a Christian girl, and is called to service in the War. All in all, the letters and “Screwtape Proposes a Toast,” the last chapter of the book, are a witty and cautionary commentary on the state of the modern human soul. At first, Uncle Screwtape is paternal with his nephew Wormwood and quite indulgent. He gives him lots of excellent advice about how to subtly tempt a human being away from thoughts of God and one’s neighbors toward thoughts of self, materialism, doubt, cowardice, and denial of the existence of God. All this is done so the soul of the human being will end up with “Our Father Below.” Screwtape is a demon par excellence—very experienced, very subtle, and very wise (wise as a serpent, as a matter of fact). The believing reader will recognize just how insightful into human weaknesses Screwtape is. Indeed, C. S. Lewis mentioned he had only to look so far as his own soul and the goings on within it to be able to write the doings and thoughts of Screwtape.
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