Saturday, April 19, 2008
Screwtape Latter #22
The letter I chose to do was letter 22. In this letter Screwtape seems to be upset with his nephew Wormwood. Wormwood's patient has fallen in love and Screwtape was not informed of any relationship occuring. Not only has Wormwood betrayed his uncle by not telling him about his patient's new love interest, he has also leaked some of their personal information to the police. Although Screwtape has to deal with this as well, he fixes it and focuses on the bigger picutre, the new girl in the patient's life. He is worried about this new relationship because the girl is a devout Christian which is the worst kind of girl for the patient in Screwtape's opinion. It was interesting to see the patient actually meet and fall for someone. It keeps your interest as to what is going to happen in the following letters with this new girl and how Screwtape will deal with it with his nephew.
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I agree, for I thought it was very intersting to hear of the patients new love. Screwtape obviously was not happy about this new development and particularly the type of girl, for the description portrayed a very very nice girl. I think that love can really change and humble a person which could also aid in their worship of God. Screwtape realizes this as well!
Screwtape definitely does not seem too happy about this new relationship. Many times, when we have established a healthy relationship(with God or Partner) we encounter many obstacles. In this case Screwtape seems to possibly turn into one.
I agree that Screwtape is not happy that he was uninformed of this relationship between the patient and the girl. The girl is the new way to tempt the patient. This is a good and bad thing for Screwtape. Good in the sense that he now has a new source for temptation and bad because of the girl's devotion to God.
I found this letter interesting as well. I think that the way he describes the girl was very funny. It made me think of a jealous friend. I also thought it was interesting how frustrated he got by God's way of working his way back into his life.
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