C.S. Lewis is one of Britain’s most famous writers. His most notable work, known all over the world, is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe which forms part of his Chronicles of Narnia.
We look at his short piece entitled Meditations in a Toolshed. In this piece Lewis examines how we can know things and uses a very clear example of a beam of light to explain different thoughts on love, life, and religion. While we look to understand Lewis’, admittedly slightly difficult, analogy, pay attention to his use of punctuation and how he draws attention to words and ideas in his text through the use of italics and speech marks.
The text is available in a pdf version here:
http://kevincrawfordonline.com/resources/meditation+in+a+tool+shed+-+C+S+Lewis.pdf
MAIN QUESTION: What is the difference between ‘looking at’ and ‘looking along’?
Language From Lewis Part One
These are some of the expressions and vocabulary from the text. I have made some example sentences with them. It would be great if you could learn how to use these terms.
To meditate on something
Instead of making a decision straight away, the group decided to meditate on the problem for a while until a solution presented itself.
An example of a difference between A and B
An immediately obvious example of a difference between Korea and the West is the way in which people address each other i.e., using titles or names.
To be in the habit of doing something
He dearly wanted to avoid being in the habit of forgetting to bring the materials so he endeavored to change his ways.
To be timeless
Most people, especially women, would say that the ‘little black dress’ is timeless and will forever be part of a woman’s collection.
To be nascent
Her nascent love of rock music resulted in her getting a Red Hot Chili Peppers tattoo on her left calf – much to the chagrin of her parents.
To lavish something on someone/something
He lavished gifts on the girl in an effort to win her heart. Despite this, however, he succeeded in only losing his money and remaining forever alone.
5th paragraph Structure
If you want to lose weight you must eat, no food that claims to be low fat but still comes in plastic packages from a supermarket, but fresh fruit and vegetables and other natural produce.
If you want to better understand the materials we are studying you should try to read them, not with an eye solely on the language used, but with an understanding of the bigger picture that they are trying to present.
Advanced English Composition 