Reading. Discussion. Two things the Great Books program revolves around. Without them, Great Books wouldn't be the same and likely wouldn't exist. As I was reading The Screwtape Letters , I began noticing connections between the content and the program (and, to some extent, my thesis). The great conversation doesn't stop upon graduation, it flows throughout our entire lives. The form may change but it still continues; it's no longer sitting in a classroom discussion but instead finding connections in our daily lives, often between literature and life. Lewis discusses various ways that we can be led into sin and away from God in The Screwtape Letters . Many of the issues he mentions are still highly prevalent today. In one letter, Screwtape tells Wormwood about the progress they've made in disassociating the past from the present, mainly in terms of reading. By convincing modern readers to focus on anything but the truth behind a book, they've caused humanity to ...