Letter 22

In this letter, Wormwood appears to be very frustrated. He seems to have encountered more obstacles than what he probably thought he would. I understood in this letter that as human beings we have other forces that drive us, not just evil, good, and religious thoughts. In this letter his nephew is in love, and the love that is presented is not that of just loving God, but he now loves a woman. I was able to sense that to a certain point Wormwood feels defeated. Whether we love God, a woman, a man, etc., we all have something that we either fully enjoy or absolutely love. What some of us love others hate and those same things that others hate we may at some point enjoy. Regardless of those differences, we all share the fact that we all have some sort of strong love or interest about a specific person or thing.

Letter 21

This letter focuses on ownership. It is implied that as humans, we want to take up all of our day to do whatever it is that "we" want. I guess it is easy to assume that everything should be our way and our way only. It is easy to think that we own something and not be aware of how quickly we can lose it. I feel that we take things for granted, which could be harmful to some extent. I feel that we also take God for granted. Some assume that since he loves us so much we can do whatever we please and it will be ok because we can repent and be forgiven.