60 pages 2 hours read

C. S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

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Essay Topics

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How does Screwtape describe the slippery slope from irritation or annoyance with another’s behavior to all-out anger and hatred?

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How does the human tendency towards the sin of lust affect the young man’s romantic choice of a partner? Does the young man in this novel make a wise choice?

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How does the sin of envy play out in the young man’s choice of friends?