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A Character Sketch on C.S.Lewis

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Two weeks ago I did a character sketch on C.S.Lewis. It was so interesting to read about him. I hope you enjoy! At the bottom of the post, there is a link to see what Douglas Wilson says to the question " Is C.S.Lewis a Calvinist?" Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29, 1898 to Albert and Flora Lewis in Belfast Ireland. Albert Lewis was a solicitor whose father, Richard, had come to Ireland from Wales in the mid-19th century. Flora was the daughter of an Anglican priest. He had only one brother, Warren Hamilton Lewis. When he was four, his dog, Jacksie was killed by a car. Lewis told everyone to call him Jacksie, but later accepted Jack, a name he was known to his friends and family for the rest of his life. When he was seven, his family moved to Little Lea, the family home of his childhood. He said  " The new house is almost a major character in my story. I am the product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silenc...