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Rhetorical Analysis Of The Screwtape Letters

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C. S. Lewis, a devout Christian, was credited for bringing religious ideas to an audience of intellectual skeptics. An excerpt from Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters" conveys the best ways to how the devil can corrupt humans on earth. He conveys the best ways that a devil can corrupt humans on earth, through rhetorical strategies. Such as: The Pathos. Through these rhetorical devices, he is able to showcase how the devil corrupts, which could act as a warning for non-Christians who are not wary. Lewis states, "The great thing is to direct the malice to his immediate neighbours whom he meets every day"(pg. 5. The adage of the adage. This shows that Lewis is connecting to the reader, by paying homage to the "rude neighbour experience". Most of the
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