The New Screwtape Letter
My dear Wormwood, Let me be the first to cordially welcome you back to the world of Man and let me congratulate you on your reinstatement as a junior tempter. I hope that the last few decades being feasted upon by other, more competent tempters, has taught you a valuable lesson about failure. Do try to keep your mind on your work this time. As the Senior Secretary of the Department of Temptation it is my obligation to help you along with the first steps of your new patient as part of your reinstatement. Your patient is opposite your last in two significant ways: one being that he is an American, which comes with its own cultural advantages, and the other is that he is of the lower, working class whereas your previous patient was of the wealthy middle class. There are several advantages to being in charge of a patient of lower economic standing. His lack of material blessings and constant struggle in life to obtain the few that he has make acceptable grounds for doubts about the E