Friday, December 6, 2013

Temptations

Over the course of The Screwtape Letters, the state of the patient's soul changes as he experiences conversion, doubt, dangerous friendships, war, love, and finally death.
What major strategies does Screwtape use to tempt him into the Devil's camp?
Why do the temptations fail?
In what way can we relate to the Patient?

1 comments:

The Kings said...

The Devil uses all of those emotions in one way or another to try to beguile the patient to make poor choices and give up his newly found faith. But in the end the patient has a re-awakening and true conversion to God's ways and Screwtape fails. We are all faced with temptations every day and have to be aware of what is happening to us. We need to make choices and do those things that will keep us close to God and not wander off the straight and narrow road.