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C. S. LewisThe Screwtape Letters
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 8-9
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 8 Summary
Chapter 9 Summary
Screwtape goes further with the subject of “troughs” in human life. He suggests that these periods offer opportunities for all sensual temptations, particularly those of sex” (43).
Chapter 8-9 Analysis
Screwtape waxes philosophical on human nature and human life. Screwtape has a kind of wisdom about the human condition, although his point of view is distorted by his goal of tempting souls to damnation.
Screwtape does understand that human beings can love God and yet go through periods where God feels distant and prayer and religious practices seem ineffective and pointless.
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