In Till We Have Faces, a novel, C. S. Lewis addresses multiple different themes, one of these being the nature of faith and doubt. Characters throughout this book are struggling with the existence of the gods, and their relationship with humans. C.S. Lewis expands upon this struggle by creating different situations showing the readers that faith’s nature provides comfort and spiritual wisdom while doubt leads to manipulation and denial.
While writing this novel, C. S. Lewis used the Bible to ground his retelling in Biblical truths. For Oural and her journey to faith, he uses the following verse, “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (ESV Bible James 1:6-8) to inspire the pain and struggle she is faced with throughout the book because of her lack of doubt. For Psyche, Lewis uses John which reads, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him”(ESV Bible James 1:12). This …show more content…
Psyche has complete faith that her husband is who he say he is, and that she will one day be able to see him clearly after she has been sanctified. Oural angrily challenges Psyche’s faith because Oural cannot experience or understand what Psyche can, but she reminds Oural by saying, “If it’s all my fancy, how do you think I have lived these many days? Do I look as if I’d fed on berries and slept under the sky? Are my arms wasted? Or are my cheeks fallen in?” (Lewis 127). Psyche is citing evidence for her faith in her husband to Oural, and has the wisdom and patients to be continuously loving towards
While writing this novel, C. S. Lewis used the Bible to ground his retelling in Biblical truths. For Oural and her journey to faith, he uses the following verse, “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (ESV Bible James 1:6-8) to inspire the pain and struggle she is faced with throughout the book because of her lack of doubt. For Psyche, Lewis uses John which reads, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him”(ESV Bible James 1:12). This …show more content…
Psyche has complete faith that her husband is who he say he is, and that she will one day be able to see him clearly after she has been sanctified. Oural angrily challenges Psyche’s faith because Oural cannot experience or understand what Psyche can, but she reminds Oural by saying, “If it’s all my fancy, how do you think I have lived these many days? Do I look as if I’d fed on berries and slept under the sky? Are my arms wasted? Or are my cheeks fallen in?” (Lewis 127). Psyche is citing evidence for her faith in her husband to Oural, and has the wisdom and patients to be continuously loving towards