Outside Reading-Screwtape Letters-Melissa Faller

In 1942 C.S. Lewis published a religious book written in a different perspective than most religious books. The book, Screwtape Letters, was written from the perspective of several different demons. When reading the book the reader gets an idea of how demons delight and influence our temptations and failings. In order to capture the demon perspective the book is written in a world where evil actions such as greed and selfish acts are good while trying to deplete acts of kindness. It was the particular perspective that C.S. Lewis wrote the Screwtape Letters that helped strengthen my faith. Throughout my religious journey I have never really talked about evil. Evil has always been something I haven’t been well versed in because it is “scary” or “bad” it is never something we talk about in bible studies. During lessons we tended to focus on how God’s goodness was at work, and what we could do to improve it. Focusing on these things was good, but I was unaware that it also put me in a sort of utopia. I was oblivious to the fact that along with God’s goodness there is also evil present in my enviornment. The book Screwtape Letters gave me the ability to recognize evil and by recognizing I’m about to understand and defend myself in situations dealing with love, pride, gluttony, and war. C.S. Lewis accomplished this through explaining how evil thinks. He explains that they do not directly tempt, but rather to confuse you.