Monday, April 14, 2008
Letter 20
I found I could relate really well to this letter. It talks about how Screwtape wants his nephew to find a woman based on looks rather than personality. I find this to be a huge issue in today's society. People see the ads in magazines along with models and figure that is how all women are to look. It causes problems among relationships. This also can be the cause of problems among young teen. I found it interesting how he compared it to popular art. It is like art because theses people basically have photoshopped bodies. I also believe this is eluding to breaking the commandments. It is like what we talked about in class about lusting. I think this is Screwtape's way of getting his nephew to break that commandment by lusting after people. Near the end he also talks about how if you can convince him to be alone he will always lust. Well that is what I took from it. I also thought it would be his way of being lonely for forever. I got kind of confused near the end.
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I agree with a lot of what you had to say. I really liked your connection with the ten commandments. I didn't think of it that way until you had commented on my blog and I read yours. I really like that idea of how he's trying to make him break this commandment because they really are difficult to follow and with his help he could easily get him to break. I also agree that the end was kind of confusing. Good blog!
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