Handout tomorrow but here are the topics to start ruminating over:
Select one of the following essay questions below.
Respond in a five paragraph persuasive essay of approximately 700 words. Use
references from the book on which your topic derives.
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ESSAY QUESTIONS:
Do not consult any secondary sources for these questions.
1) Read the Preface of The Great Divorce. State Lewis's objective in writing this
novel? Do you think he achieved it? Support your answer with quotes
from the book and/or classroom discussions.
2) In an introduction to a broadcast given on
January 11ththe published text, Lewis explains why he was chosen to give the
talks: “...first of all because I’m a layman and not a parson, and
consequently it was thought I might understand the ordinary person’s point of
view a bit better. Secondly, I think they asked me because it was known that
I’d been an atheist for many years and only became a Christian quite fairly
recently. They thought that would mean I’d be able to see the difficulties –
able to remember what Christianity looks like from the outside.” Do you think
Lewis has succeeded in representing the ordinary person’s view of
Christianity? In what ways might his atheism and later conversion have
affected his relationship to Christian beliefs? Do his convictions gain
weight because he struggled to arrive at them?
3) “Human beings are creatures that cause pain
by being born, live by inflicting pain, and in pain they mostly die. Why?”
How would C.S. Lewis respond to this question in his two chapters on ‘Human
Pain’ from the book The Problem of Pain?
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