Summary Of The Screwtape Letters

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The Screwtape Letters, by C S Lewis, is a short novel about devils attempting to steer a mortal man onto the path to hell. The story is told is a very unique way from a senior devil named Screwtape to his nephew, a junior devil named Wormwood. The point of view is also very unusual, since you're viewing it from the devils words, usually the antagonists. In the book the devils are the protagonists and the man they are trying to temp is the antagonist. From a traditional standpoint of storytelling the human would be the protagonist, but in case this story it is told from the point of view where the reader only has information about the devil duo's antics. “Humans are amphibians...half spirit and half animal...as spirits they belong to the eternal

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