My Young And Ill Screwtape Analysis

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My Young and Inferior Screwtape, I admire you most sincerely for taking part in training the young Wormwood, and it seems that he has used the notes he was given to improve his patient's battle against the Enemy, however, he still has a considerable amount of material to learn. The notes informed Wormwood of new strategies that he could use on his patient and also constant reminders in which many new and unseasoned pupils, like himself, do often forget. The main points of advice mentioned in the letters that excited me and a warm tingle in my spiritual body consist of the points on prayer, contented worldliness, temptation, history, and the future. One of my most favored bits of advice in which Wormwood was given is specifically on the matter concerning prayer. Not only did this section of the letter indicate to keep the patient totally and completely sidelined from prayer, but it also mentioned, with several different and distinct points, as to how Wormwood was to accomplish this task. Our Father has frequently pounded into each of the demons minds that by keeping the person away from prayer, sacraments, and charity …show more content…

As Our Father’s disciples, he teaches to cut each generation from one another so that the humans may not grow and learn from the past. This point explained Wormwood was absolutely perfect. By cutting one generation from the next, the people are unable to learn from their mistakes and correct them which will allow for more sin and error in the earthly world. On the matter of the Future, it is also important that each patient is haunted by the Future. By causing the patient to think about the future, they will often freak and and worry about what will happen after death. This causes patients to try and postpone the future for as long as possible and continue to live their scummy and sinful lives allowing us to gain another spirit into

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