According to joy-connection between happiness and pain

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Please answer the following as completely as possible pertaining to the book A Greif Observed by CS Lewis, and the film Shadowlands:

a) In shadowlands how does Jack's relationship with Joy change him - what lessons deos he learn from having had that relationship?

b) What according to Joy, is the connection between "Happiness & Pain"? Explain and discuss.

c) What deos Jack mean "...The boy chooses safety, and the man chooses suffering?

d) In A Grief Observed, Lewis explores the depth and meaning of his faith in God. What kinds of questions does he raise concerning God's benevolence and love given the death of his wife? What arguments and analogies does he use in thinking through the matter? How is rope & a house of cards used to describe his faith? Be specific. How is God the "Cosmic Sadist"?

e) Lewis compares the feeling of grief to the feeling of fear - how are they similar?

f) "Oh God, God why did you take such trouble to force this creature out of its shell if it is now doomed to craw back- to be sucked back- into it." Explain.

g) Lewis says that greif is like a "bomber." Explain.

h) At one pint Lewis states: "don't talk to me about the consolations of religion or I shall think you don't understand" Explain.

i) Near the end, why does Lewis say that the book is about himself, H. and God in that order?

j) Does Lewis ultimately lose his faith in God? Why or why not?

k) What is The Problem with Evil? In what ways is Lewis struggling with the "problem" in his own way? Explain.

l) Lewis sys these thoughts have been about himself, his wife, and finally God, "in that order". What does he mean "in that order"?

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