Essays Tagged: "C. S. Lewis"
Perception of reality. Comparison essay on Alice in Wonderland, Waiting for Godot, Screwtape Letters
Each of the three authors, Lewis Carroll, Samuel Beckett, and C.S. Lewis are able to create their own perception of reality through the manipulation of characters ... readers with the idea of existentialism in Waiting for Godot; and finally in The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis uses the vantage point of a demon, Screwtape, in order to show the human condition.To beg ... l. A Student's Guide to the Plays of Samuel Beckett. GreatBritain: Faber & Faber, 1978.5.Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. New York: C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd., 1942.6.Lyons, Charles R. Samuel Beckett. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Mere Christianity: The Deep Pensive Writings of C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity: The Deep PensiveWritings of C.S. LewisThe writings of C.S. Lewis are deep in insight and rich in thought. It makes you question, ... lear thought process for which he comes to his conclusions and interpretations of life.In this book C.S. Lewis connotes what he saw as the different essentials of Christianity and life. The style of t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
An examination into the influence of Christianity in shaping the writings of C.S Lewis: by evaluating his conversion and accounting for the effect this had on his writing -- nb: footnotes included
Clive Staples "Jack" Lewis, formally known as C.S Lewis, was an atheist scholar who became an Anglican, a highly acclaimed apologist and a "patron ... s' birthplace (Appendix )3."imaginary worlds of dressed animals and knights in armour" - quote from C.S.Lewis essay by Ted Olsen4.death of his mother - Mrs Lewis died 3 months before Lewis's 10th birt ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Symbols in "Perelandra" by C.S. Lewis
Analysis of Symbols and Themes in C.S. Lewis's"Perelandra"British author C.S. Lewis's "Perelandra" is one of the most religiously rele ... arden of Eden denied to the residents of earth but still open to the two inhabitants of Perelandra. C.S. Lewis uses this unspoiled planet to retell the biblical creation myth of Adam and Eve. In the b ... pen and drinks from it, and is instantly rewarded with the most pleasurable experience of his life. C.S. Lewis writes "And yet to repeat a pleasure so intense and almost so spiritual seemed the obviou ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
"The Screwtape Lette" by C.S. Lewis.
The Screwtape Letters is unlike any other book I have read by C.S. Lewis. Though it is fiction, it addresses the issues many people face in their daily lives. Thi ... ave a relationship with a historic character. We know this theory is wrong. In Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis it tells you that you cannot believe Jesus is a teacher. Jesus said He was God which lead ... Jesus is a teacher. Jesus said He was God which leads one to believe Jesus is either God or a lunatic. In Matthew 16:15-17 it says,"Jesus asked, 'What about you? Who do you say I am?' Simon Peter answ ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Scripture: Three parts of Morality
a moral policy of some kind. Morality as it relates to our behavior is important on three levels as C.S. Lewis showed: fair play and harmony, clean up inside, and purpose of human life."Firstly, with ... an up inside, and purpose of human life."Firstly, with fair play and harmony between individuals." (C.S. Lewis Pg. 7) This level of morality can be related to "Being worldly minded" in Matthew chapter ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
"the problem of pain" by CS Lewis
-loving, all-knowing God allow people to experience pain and suffering?" Master Christian supporter C.S. Lewis asserts that pain is a problem because our predetermined, human minds selfishly believe t ... s's solution to "the problem of pain" prepares the intellect for a dive into the Mystery.Endnotes1. C. S. Lewis: The Problem of Pain.2. C. S. Lewis: A Grief Observed.3. For a Christian analysis of suf ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Screwtape Letters, a Stroll through the human soul
The Screwtape Letters: A Stroll into the Human SoulIn the novel The Screwtape LettersC.S Lewis uses point of view to allow the reader to see Hell's perspective, revealing man's follies. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis is a very unique book. The way I found it to be unique is that the majority of people who ... hildren and help them out. Puddleglum helps keep the children's spirits up by being overly optimistic.The books ends with the children entering the queen of the underworlds palace where they have foun ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I ... it I see everything else." From Christian to Atheist and back to Christian...the life and works of C.S. Lewis. On November 29, 1898, a bouncing baby boy was born to Albert J. Lewis and Augusta ... wis. The baby was Clive Staples Lewis, the newest addition to the Lewis family of Belfast, Ireland (C.S. Lewis, par. 1-2). When Lewis was around the age of seven his family moved to their new h ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
In C.S. Lewis' sequel to Out of the Silent Planet, the main character Professor Elwin Ransom goes on ye ... resting. Ransom is a philologist from Oxford who is (according to the story) a friend of the author C.S. (Jack) Lewis. This would make sense, since at the time when this book was written (sometime dur ... simple agrarian life, as he was used to on Mars. Before he leaves he converses with his dear friend C.S. Lewis about, of all things, the language of Perelandra. "A commom speech... I shall arrive know ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Symbolism in "Perelandra" by C.S. Lewis.
British author C.S. Lewis's Perelandra is one of the most religiously relevant fantasy novels ever written. Set on ... arden of Eden denied to the residents of earth but still open to the two inhabitants of Perelandra. C.S. Lewis uses this unspoiled planet to retell the biblical creation myth of Adam and Eve. In the n ... pen and drinks from it, and is instantly rewarded with the most pleasurable experience of his life. C.S. Lewis writes "And yet to repeat a pleasure so intense and almost so spiritual seemed the obviou ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Feuerbach vs C.S. Lewis
ing excuses for our actions then we do not feel good about what we have done. In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis discusses the objective norms that people appeal to and by which they expect others to al ... for this law, such as traditional morality, moral law, the knowledge of right and wrong, or virtue. C.S. Lewis calls it the Natural Law.Feuerbach was an early prominent atheistic philosopher. He denie ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
My favourite character in the world of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
e novel. It is "The Chronicles of Narnia": "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" by famous writer, C.S. Lewis. The story is mainly about four siblings -- Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter who entered Nar ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Themes in C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis perceives sees the nature of God as "a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind ... ice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind" (Mere Christianity, p. 122).In "The Great Divorce", C. S. Lewis uses autobiographical allusions in order to aid the reader in a better understanding of ... epted? In fact, the problem of pain and the death of innocents has caused many to lose their faith. C. S. Lewis' faith was also tried by the horror of grief. As the world's foremost Christian apologis ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Must See Movie -"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe".
-The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.This is my favorite line from C. S. Lewis' novel not only because it marks the beginning of the great adventure, but because it is ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
C.S. Lewis Biography
The Creator of Narnia:C. S. Lewis, or Jack Lewis, as he preferred to be called, was born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Book Report "Out of the Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis
Scribner Classics, New York, 1996Ransom's Escape from MalacandraI enjoy the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and they are my favorite books. However, I dislike Out of the Silent Planet, because it i ... ike science fiction/fantasy and adventure novels. However, if people want a better fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis, I would recommend the Chronicles of Narnia over the Space Trilogy.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
This paper covers the main arguments covered in a free will theodicy using argument from Augustine, Plantinga, Hick, and Lewis.
by itself. I feel that the simplest and yet most complete understanding of this was best written by C. S. Lewis. He explains this problem by writing, "If God were good, He would wish to make His creat ... relate this to the apple and banana. One could always choose the banana even though they are allergic. This simply means that they will have to face the known consequences of this action of their free ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Lion Witch And Wardrobe
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is by C.S. Lewis. The theme of this book is that you should think of yourself before others and make sacri ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers