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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
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The novel is set in a series of 31 letters from '''Screwtape''', a senior demon, to '''Wormwood''', a junior tempter who is inexperienced (and rather incompetent as the letters show); none of the letters are from Wormwood's perspective. <ref>Although demons do not have relatives according to the Bible, the letters portray Screwtape as Wormwood's uncle (all but two of the letters close with "Your Affectionate Uncle").</ref>
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The novel is set in a series of 31 letters from '''Screwtape''', a senior demon, to '''Wormwood''', a junior tempter who is inexperienced (and rather incompetent as the letters show); none of the letters are from Wormwood's perspective.<ref>Although demons do not have relatives according to the Bible, the letters portray Screwtape as Wormwood's uncle (all but two of the letters close with "Your Affectionate Uncle").</ref>
    
In the letters, Screwtape gives Wormwood advice as how to tempt a human soul (called "the patient" throughout the letters) and keep him from following God's persuasion.  The letters feature an upside-down view of the afterlife: Satan is referred to as "Our Father Below" (and the hierarchy of demons is called the "Lowerarchy") while God is called "The Enemy".
 
In the letters, Screwtape gives Wormwood advice as how to tempt a human soul (called "the patient" throughout the letters) and keep him from following God's persuasion.  The letters feature an upside-down view of the afterlife: Satan is referred to as "Our Father Below" (and the hierarchy of demons is called the "Lowerarchy") while God is called "The Enemy".
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Wormwood's incompetence fails to bring suitable results: the patient becomes a Christian, has a revival, and (against Screwtape's advice) is allowed to die in a bomb explosion (the letters are set during World War II Britain, which was being frequently bombed by German air raids) and goes to Heaven.  Ultimately Wormwood is punished for his failures  
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Wormwood's incompetence fails to bring suitable results: the patient becomes a Christian, has a revival, and (against Screwtape's advice) is allowed to die in a bomb explosion (the letters are set during World War II Britain, which was being frequently bombed by German air raids) and goes to Heaven.  Ultimately Wormwood is punished for his failures, to Screwtape's delight.
    
==Screwtape Proposes a Toast==
 
==Screwtape Proposes a Toast==
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