Screwtape Letter Essay

Encountering with The Screwtape Letters was somewhat difficult for me to figure out who the characters were. I first thought that Screwtape was a good guy who was trying to teach Wormwood about Christianity. Later on, I noticed that I was tricked by Screwtape. Screwtape was actually a devil who sends his advice letters to his nephew, Wormwood. Screwtape sends a letter to Wormwood in a purpose of advising him about how to convert the Patient from Christianity. Wormwood tries to say good things about Christianity mixing with the bad sides of Christianity which are sometimes untrue. I say “sometimes” because some of the bad sides of Christianity that he points out are actually true. For instance, from letter two, where Screwtape notes that people are turning away from God because flawed people they see in the church. This is because people focus on people’s flaws around them in …show more content…
Because of that, people are tempted to do them. For instance, in letter four where Screwtape focuses on prayer. Screwtape wants the patient to be praying just when he is feeling spiritual and he should only focus on himself but not God. At the same time, he should be imagining God in his own version, because Screwtape knows that reality would hit him that maybe God does not actually exist. As Screwtape says on page 18, “You must keep him praying to it-- to the thing that he has made, not to the Person who has made him.” Often times, when I pray to God I think of God who has the ability to make everything happen in the way I want. I create a false image of God in my head that he is going to do everything that I ask for. However, I forget that God the creator of us all has his own plan for me and things will only happen according to his plan. This kind of mistake happens very easily; I notice that Screwtape’s advice is usually easier to do, which makes sense why it is easier for us to fall into Satan’s trap these