When was Lewis born? - November 29th, 1898
When did Lewis die? - November 22nd, 1963
When was Surprised by Joy first published? - September 19th, 1955
3-4 interesting facts about Lewis' early childhood education - -Lewis first attended Wynyard School, where there was no library to foster h...
PHIL 255 Exam 1 questions and answers
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When was Lewis born? - November 29th, 1898
When did Lewis die? - November 22nd, 1963
When was Surprised by Joy first published? - September 19th, 1955
3-4 interesting facts about Lewis' early childhood education - -Lewis first attended
Wynyard School, where there was no library to foster his imagination and he can't
recall learning a single piece of information
-Lewis wished to have continued his schooling at Campbell College, but was
withdrawn due to serious respiratory illness
-Lewis received a scholarship to Malvern College during his time at Cherbourg
School
-Lewis described his time at boarding school to be worse then the death-laden
trenches of the Great War
2-3 interesting facts about Lewis' involvement in WWI - -Lewis arrived in the
trenches of Arras, NW Europe on his 19th birthday
-Lewis served on the French battlefields in 1917 and 1918
-Lewis controlled the horrors he experienced during the war so they wouldn't affect
other areas of his life, such as poetry and literature
2-3 interesting facts about Lewis' father - -Albert had no interest in the
shipbuilding business like his father, Richard
-He attended Lurgan College as a pupil
, -He became an Irish lawyer, specifically a solicitor where he acted directly on
behalf of clients
2-3 facts about the relationship between Lewis and his father - -Albert was absent
from the house from 9 am-6 pm everyday, led the kids to develop a life with no
connection to their father
-Lewis' father relied on his tongue as his primary instrument of domestic
discipline-led to lengthy "word" attacks for something as simple as leaving the
bathroom dirty
-Although tough, Lewis reassures that his father's forgiveness was as common as
his displeasure, and that he was often a jovial and companionable parent
2-3 facts about Lewis' mother - -Flora attended Methodist College, an all boys
school, as a day pupil and displayed the increasing significance of women in Irish
culture and academics
-She died from abdominal cancer in August of 1908
-The quote on her daily calendar read "men must endure their going hence"
2-3 facts about Lewis' brother - -Warren's nicknames include "Warnie" and
"Archpigiebotham"
-He was asked to leave Malvern College after being caught smoking by the
headmaster on campus
-Warnie thought Lewis significantly misrepresented his time at Malvern College in
Surprised by Joy
1-2 facts about Arthur Greeves - -Greeves sent Lewis a letter in 1914 requesting a
visit while sick in bed
-Greeves' family lived at a house over the road from Little Lea called "Bernagh"
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