The Screwtape Letters
I just finished reading The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis today. I have hardly been able to put it down the past couple of days, and read nearly as much as I had in the past month. I had purchased the book before I found out I was expecting Kendra and I had a hard time concentration on it when I started to read it. I wanted to give it my full attention and I know even know that I will need to review it again and some future date. There is so much in it to ponder and think about. The concepts that I remember right off are; first that the present is the closest to eternity, not that past and especially not the future, 2nd that wicked people have a virtue, something of good that helps them be the way they are. Examples of this are, Attilla who had courage, and someone else that controlled his passions. I have been writing Star Wars stories, and this really made me think of literature and how I was taught in tragedy that the hero always has a weakness, but I never heard about the virtues of the truly evil person. It really made me sit back and think in a way I never had before. I would suggest that anyone should read this, and take it slow, ponder each letter and try to learn from it. I wrote a story about Darth Sidious after reading it, and I came to uderstand why C.S. Lewis thought this was the easiest book to write, but the most difficult to deal with. It is hard to delve into the mind of the evil and wicked, what does it say for me to have made that attempt for my 3rd posted story on the fan force board? I’m not sure I want to know.
Writen by Tanya
