![]() I will consider Screwtape’s first suggestion of interest to Wormwood: Let’s get to the potato of the first letter. Thus distraction comes in the forms of obstruction, sensual gratification and states of frenzy. Extreme agitation of the mind (well I hate to admit it but I get very restless when I am unable to binge my series upon series of programs on YouTube––couch-potato style). ![]() A diversion or recreation (thus an activity or event: surfing YouTube counts as a good example if you’re me) 2. A thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else (thus an object: If you‘re like me Sirvin II fits the description) 1b. In the first letter, a response from Screwtape to Wormwood––although we never see Wormwood’s letters, we get their salient points through Screwtape’s replies––advises the nephew on how to secure the soul of his “patient.” In this commentary I am interested in three counsels Screwtape offers Wormwood which all boil down to distraction.īut what is distraction? According to the embedded dictionary on Sirvin II, my laptop, distraction can be defined as: 1. ![]() Here is a brief synopsis of the first letter: Screwtape, the senior devil of a higher administrative position concerned with gathering souls for “Our Father Below,” maintains regular correspondence with his nephew, Wormwood, a junior devil. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior Devil to a Junior Devil for the gist on its conception and purpose. Please refer to the introduction to this series on C. ![]()
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