What are the sources of the pain and suffering depicted?
Jack marries a sick woman, knowing he only has limited time with her before she dies. He stays with her and endures the sadness and suffering that comes with her illness. The son also experiences suffering as he watches his mother get sicker and sicker.
Jacks mother also died when he was young so he grew up without the female figure in his life.
C. S. Lewis: "Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world.'
What are the sources of the joy depicted?
Jack experiences love and happiness when he meets Joy and her determined character. He becomes good friends with her and develops true love for her. When Joy gets sick Jack interacts and forms and father-to-son bond with Joy’s son Douglas.
Jack: "I love you, Joy. I love you so much. You made me so happy. I didn't know I could be so happy."
How are suffering and joy related in the video and in the broader sense for everybody?In Shadowlands the joy that is experienced also comes with suffering. There is this idea that one can't come without the other. When Jack marries Joy, he gets joy from being in love and being happy, however suffering arises when she becomes sick but slowly he realises that there is still joy in his life in her son Douglas, his brother and his friends.
Jack: "Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived. Twice in that life I've been given the choice: as a boy and as a man. The boy chose safety, the man chooses suffering. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal."
How can people ‘grow’ through suffering?
People grown through suffering s the experiences they endure teaches them lessons as they learn to deal with them
Joy Gresham: "We can't have the happiness of yesterday without the pain of today. That's the deal. "
How is the pain of losing a parent “re-lived” for C. S. Lewis in ‘Shadowlands’?
Jack states that losing his mother was hard because he lost the person he loved the most. He relives this time when he discovers that Joy is sick and realizes that he truly loves her as well.
How does Lewis say he copes differently with the death of Joy than the death of his mother?
By knowing that Jo is going to die he is able to prepare hmself and enjoy the time he has left with her.
