Lewis ends the book on an ambiguous note to further magnify how insane and illogical Screwtape's mind is. The demon ate his own nephew over one "patient" going to Heaven. Screwtape is "increasingly and ravenously affectionate"(Lewis 51) to his brother's son at the end of the novel. The reader is shown how young Wormwood is throughout the book""(). But did they expect Wormwood to be forgiven by his uncle for his little slip up? Of course not. There is no forgiveness in hell. First of all, clemency goes against the nature of Hell. Secondly, Satan and his devils are so confined in their evil selfish agenda that major repercussions for failure are expected. Our warning at the end of the novel is that no matter how many failures the Abyss has they
