C.S. Lewis‚ I was profoundly affected by the spiral of emotion that Lewis was afflicted with after the loss of H. Not only is C.S. Lewis angry at god‚ but over the course of the book he comes to terms with his pain. That god has not forsaken him and is not a cruel being‚ but instead has knocked down his house of cards showing him who he really is. This eye-opening book really observes grief down to its darkest moment. Something that we rarely get the chance to peak into in our lives. Lewis starts
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Unstable Ground “Friendship is unnecessary‚ like philosophy‚ like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”-C.S Lewis. In the preceding quote by C.S Lewis; Mr Lewis explains what friendship does for a person. To paraphrase it in an understandable way‚ he seems to have said; Friendship is not necessary to survive‚ it only enhances life and makes life more interesting. This is my personal viewpoint exactly! Throughout life many
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and acknowledge the beauty of art by the authors. The book by C.S Lewis‚ An Experiment in Criticism is based on the critics of literature that involves the type of readers by the type of readings. Lewis is an author who is recognized for his contribution to children literature. This book opens a view point of Lewis all-inclusive of criticism and categories of the different examples of literature: myths‚ fantasy and realism. Lewis explains how everyone in the world seeks in a narrow lens of our personal
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The beginning of the book The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis was difficult to understand and hard to figure out‚ but as you read on‚ you come to find out that this book is about heaven and hell and the people that go there. The narrator who is the main character in the book tells the story on what he sees from his eyes. The author describes hell as a dark cold town with alleys that people live in and no one to be seen on the streets‚ and heaven as this place that looks beautiful with green grass‚ mountains
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I see it‚ but because by it I see everything‚”-C.S. Lewis. Lewis’s life‚ especially his life as a writer‚ is defined by who he is in Christ. C.S. Lewis‚ born Clive Staples Lewis‚ grew up in the early 1900’s. Throughout his early life‚ Lewis was a devout atheist‚ including the time he spent fighting at war. However‚ in 1929‚ Lewis realized the truth that changed his life forever; Lewis met God. In the first few years of his Christian life‚ Lewis published several books including The Chronicles of
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civilization to ever come about have similar morales? “For example‚ some people wrote to me saying‚ ‘Isn’t what you call the Moral Law simply our herd instinct and hasn’t it been developed just like all our other instincts?’ (Lewis 19) The book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis goes into great depth into what morals are. The book covers many topics that apply to all sojourners traveling through life. Mere Christianity really opens your eyes and helps you compare the analogies to your own life. In reading
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According to Discover Magazine natural disasters‚ black holes‚ and the reversal of Earth’s magnetic field could destroy man-kind. However‚ in C.S. Lewis’s the abolition of man Lewis discusses what he thinks will cause the destruction of Man. Lewis says that the destruction of Man will be when Man has control over himself and future generations‚ and when Man does not follow the principles of the Tao; however‚ the Tao is based on natural instincts which is what Man follows once he is emancipated from
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their destiny not brighter but darker” (C.S. Lewis). We need heroes to stand out and help when needed or called to action. Heroes should be people that all cultures/people all over the world can look up to and have a good example no matter how bad their life is. A hero puts others before himself‚ loves to give back and not take‚ and one who stands out and sets a good example. A hero puts others before himself like doctors and firefighters. Every day their life is put on the line to save others’
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almost this very reasoning that has left humanity wondering about this higher being called God‚ chiefly because there must be something that is able to transcend even the capabilities of even the most intellectual creatures on this planet. As C.S Lewis says in his Abolition of Man‚ “At the moment‚ then of Man’s victory over Nature‚ we find the whole human race
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The great philosopher C. S. Lewis once wrote: “They say of some temporal suffering‚ ‘No future bliss can make up for it‚’ not knowing that Heaven‚ once attained‚ will work backwards and turn even that agony into glory” (Keller 34). How can agony and suffering be turned into glory? Suffering is a term that is closely related to the concepts of evil and pain. The verb‚ suffer‚ means to undergo or endure. Suffering is linked with the experience of anguish or misery in which humans are aware of the
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