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C. S. Lewis: The Allegory Of Love

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C.S Lewis was an author, essayist and Christian apologist. He is best known for his children’s classic series, The Chronicles of Narnia. He was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, North Ireland (C.S. Lewis Biography, 2017). He was a favorable author because he continued to live his life after all the tragedy that happen throughout his life, started his writing while he was also teaching, and he had the courage to join the military a couple years later after having serious respiratory difficulties. With all the deaths throughout his family during his lifetime, he continued to move forward with life and progress thru his full potential. His mother, Flora Hamilton, died of cancer on August 23, 1908; the same day as her husband’s, Albert Lewis, …show more content…

In addition to his teaching duties at the University, Lewis began to publish books. His first major work, The Pilgrim's Regress (1933), was about his own spiritual journey to Christian faith. Other works followed that won him acclaim not only as a writer of books on religious subjects, but also as a writer of academic works and popular novels. The Allegory of Love (1936), which is still considered a masterpiece today, was a history of love literature from the early Middle Ages to Shakespeare's time; Out of the Silent Planet (1938) was the first of a trilogy of science fiction novels, the hero of which is loosely modeled on Lewis's friend J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the children's classic The Hobbit (Imbornonl, …show more content…

Jack was commissioned an officer in the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, on September 25 and reached the front line in the Somme Valley in France on his 19th birthday (The Life of C.S. Lewis Timeline, 2017). On April 15, Lewis was wounded on Mount Berenchon, during the Battle of Arras. He recuperated and was returned to duty in October, being assigned to Ludgerhall, Andover, England. He was discharged in December 1919 (The Life of C.S. Lewis Timeline, 2017). The February issue of Reveille contained “Death in Battle,” Lewis’ first publication in other than school magazines. The issue had poems by Robert Bridges, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Hilaire Belloc. From January 1919 until June 1924, he resumed his studies at University College, Oxford, where he received a First in Honour Moderations (Greek and Latin Literature) in 1920, a First in Greats (Philosophy and Ancient History) in 1922, and a First in English in 1923. His tutors during this time included A.B. Poynton for Honour Mods, E.F. Carritt for Philosophy, F.P. Wilson and George Gordon in the English School, and E.E. Wardale for Old English (The Life of C.S. Lewis Timeline,

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Lewis was born on Aug 18 1774 grew up near Charlottesville VA on locust hill with his parents William and Lucy Meriwether. Lewis´s father died while serving in the continental army in 1779 so Lewis´s mother married John marks then relocated to georgia where he spent 7 years there and developed a love for the wilderness. In 1801 near Ivy Virginia Lewis was asked by President Thomas Jefferson to be his personal secretary he shaped our country 's past he explored the west of america and made contact with Native americans he died on October 11 1809 he killed himself. Lewis was raised by Lucy meriwether and John marks (William Meriwether dies while serving the continental army) Lewis went to Washington and lee university until the age

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C.S Lewis’ most famous works are The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, and The Space Trilogy. Lewis is best known for his books about Christianity and his sci-fi and fantasy books. Being in the war and all of the other hardships in his life had an impact on his

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C.S Lewis begins “The Abolition of Man” speaking of Gaius and Titius’ “Green Book”. The “Green Book” serves as a visualization for a world without the Tao, allowing Lewis to set up his argument for the necessity thereof. The Tao represents a stable platform for which morals and ethics stand upon. The premise for “Men Without Chests” is that the Tao is unchangeable, there is right and wrong, and that right and wrong can only exist scrupulously inside the Tao. “The little human animal will not at first have the right responses.

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Meriwether Lewis lost a parent at a young age and inherited their wealth little did he know that he was on his way to a much greater and successful future. Early in life, Meriwether Lewis learned good comes out of even the worst of things. Meriwether Lewis was born on August, 18 ,1774 in Albemarle County, Virginia to Lucy Meriwether and William Lewis (Harper). Shortly after Lewis’s birth, his father went off to serve in the military (Harper).

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Reginald F. Lewis was an African-American lawyer, businessman, author, and philanthropist. Lewis was a larger than life figure in the business world. His intelligence, determination, and tenacity to all his endeavors and set a standard for excellence that endures to this day. His life story brought him to the city of Baltimore, to the highest reaches of finance in Wall Street. When he passed away at the age of 50 from brain cancer in 1993, Forbes magazine put him on its list of the wealthiest Americans with a net worth of about $400 million.

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Meriwether Lewis’s infamous expedition and the Romanticism Era is what inspired him to keep detailed journals, and it’s because of these journals that we know about his heroic journey. Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774 in Albemarle, Virginia. He was the second child and first

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Lewis was born on August 18,1774 in Ivy,Virginia. He died on October 11,1809 in Nashville. In 1806 he was shot in the leg. He lived in Washington. He met Clark in the Army.

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Overall, in the book, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, there are some very strong and applicable points that I believe, should be shared as much as possible. For instance, in the entire book one, Lewis rambles on about the moral law of society, and the outcome of peoples over complicated ways of thinking. He mentions the so called standard of behavior, which it upheld by the thinker to believe that whatever way he sees the situation should be the right way, and however the situation is presented in his mind is how it should be played out. Lewis gives many diverse examples of this action such as, sharing a “bit of orange,” since I “gave you some of mine.”  the greed involved with the way of thinking is what Lewis called the law of nature.

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“For where your treasure is there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21 KJ) In C.S. Lewis’ book, “Out of the Silent Planet,” the character Dr. Ransom is faced with numerous new and frightening situations. Dr. Ransom lives in England and is exploring different towns. Unexpectedly, he encounters an old schoolmate, Devine, who’s ways seemed peculiar.

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“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it (author anonymous).” Virtue is defined by Webster Online Dictionary as a conformity to a standard of right, a particular moral excellence. As Christians, we are instructed to stand apart from this dark and ominous world, to be a light in the darkness. Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.” The question then becomes, is averting evil enough to generate a virtuous person or must it be an active choice?

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In the time of Clive Staples life, he won many different awards, including the Carnegie medal, which is one of the most outstanding awards given to authors. Clive Staples is very well known for his strong faith in God, which later led him to write the chronicles of Narnia series. The time period of Lewis had a great impact on the way he wrote the things he did. Lewis’s college experiences had the most impact on the things he did and the books he wrote. Another experience that impacted his writing was the army.

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Told in the famous C.S. Lewis The Screwtape letter, a well-known demon informs his nephew, Wormwood, of a struggle that the Christians face still today. A well lesson to all Christians, Screwtape advises Wormwood to go and let the patient talk like a parrot without discipline when in prayer. As explained by Screwtape, “When the patient is an adult recently reconverted to the Enemy’s party, like your man, this is best done by encouraging him to remember, or to think he remembers, the parrot-like nature of his prayers in childhood.”

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Biography: C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Ireland, to the parents of Flora August Hamilton Lewis and Albert J. Lewis. His mother died when he was 10 years of age. Later he died on November 22,1963, in Headington, Oxford. C.S. only has one brother, Warren Lewis, whom he was very close to. As a child he was “enraptured by fantastic animals and tales of gallantry, hence the brothers created the imagery land of Boxen, complete with an intricate history that served them for years” (Biography.com).

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