Summary Of The Four Loves Cs Lewis

Ava Koritko Mrs. Morris ELA IV 12 September 2024 Summer Reading Draft: The Four Loves C.S. Lewis, in his work, The Four Loves, discusses the various types of love that humans display in order to inform the reader about the loves as well as cause the reader to reflect on how they love. Although I agree with almost all of the ideas displayed in the text, some portions had challenging language, making it harder to comprehend. I relate to the Lewis describes and categorizes the types of love true and find it relates to my own life experiences. Because of this, I agree with his idea. For example, on page 39, he states, “The image we must start with is a mother nursing a baby.” In this way, he describes affection in order to inform the reader of
I agree with this idea because I often find that couples are more affectionate with deeper forms of love in my personal life. Additionally, I agree with the ideas that Lewis discusses in “Friendship.” I agree that friendship has a deeper level to it than most people realize. He exemplifies this on page 79 with the statement, “All who share it will be our companions; but one or two or three who share something more will be our friends.” Here he explains that beyond shared interests, the individuals must have a deeper level of trust and true love in order to constitute a friendship. This “something more” cannot be defined by one specific act of kindness or similarity between individuals, but rather an immeasurable connection or bond that both individuals feel. The feeling has several similarities with “Eros,” which he mentions later, but without the romantic nature. Overall, he describes true friendship, as we know it today, as unconditional