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The Screwtape Letters

C. S. Lewis

69 pages • 2 hours read

C. S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

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  • Summary
  • Background
    • Chapter Summaries & Analyses
  • Preface-Chapters 4
  • Chapters 5-7
  • Chapters 8-12
  • Chapters 13-17
  • Chapters 18-22
  • Chapters 23-28
  • Chapter 29-Epilogue
  • Character Analysis
  • Themes
  • Symbols & Motifs
  • Important Quotes
  • Vocabulary
  • Essay Topics
  • Quiz

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    Why might Lewis have Screwtape and Wormwood refer to the young man as the “patient”? How does this word choice contribute to the work’s overall meaning?

    2.

    The Screwtape Letters is satire, but Screwtape himself does not generally approve of humor. What does this disconnect reveal about Lewis’s conception of God?

    3.

    What does Screwtape mean when he calls humans “amphibious”? How does humanity’s dual nature compare to Screwtape’s own changeability (e.g., into a centipede)?

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