The Great Divorce

S. Lewis’ novel, The Great Divorce, it assumes that there is a “Grey town” before going to hell or heaven, and in which God still tries to save each and everyone of us until the point that we completely refuse His good. As Lewis wrote in the novel, “ If they leave that grey town behind it will not have been Hell. To any that leaves it, it is Purgatory” (The Great Divorce, 68). Despite the sufferings and evil that God created, He also created beauty

“You see, it’s easy in Hell. You’ve only got to think of something, and there it is!” When I read this excerpt from the “The Great Divorce,” a classic and philosophical book that that takes its readers on a fantastic journey through the Afterlife, by C.S. Lewis, I thought for sure that my author was mistaken. It only took me a matter of pages to realize that I, myself, did not understand. Lewis shows his readers that the difference between Heaven and Hell isn’t idolized riches, but attitude and

“The Great Divorce” by C.S. Lewis chronicles the events that take place after a busload of souls from Hell are taken on a ride to Heaven, where they are a given a chance to explore the greatness that is there, then decide whether or not they want to stay there or return to Hell. What the reader will be surprised to find out is that most of these souls that Lewis refers to as “Ghosts,” choose to return to Hell instead of stay in Heaven. As George MacDonald, explained to the narrator in chapter nine

William Faulkner once said that in order for a work to be considered good writing, it needs to display a conflict within the heart. The three summer reading books, Jane Eyre, The Great Divorce, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all certainly present some internal conflict within major characters. Through these conflicts, the major characters have to make decisions in the books and these decisions have grand consequences. These decisions teach the readers very valuable moral lessons. Through displaying

The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis uses a hypothetical situation to exemplify the choice everyone must make between eternal life and eternal death. Both choices are available and the person has the free will to choose. The narrative in the story is a personal experience of a ghost riding a bus from Hell to Heaven. The story begins in a dark, gloomy place that resembles Purgatory or Hell. It is not necessarily fire and brimstone, but it is obviously not a place where there is any happiness. There are

Erica Zamorano Professor Morrison REL 2300 03Z 2 August 2015 The Great Divorce In Christian Theology, Christians believe that there is an afterlife. After they die, their body is either buried or cremated and their unique soul enters Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory. Their belief that Jesus rose from the dead three days after crucifixion, gives them hope that if they follow Jesus’ teachings and make him their Lord and Savior than they too will experience a resurrection in the afterlife . Jesus’

The term “optical allusion” simply means something that deceives the eye by appearing to be other than it is. The esteemed Christian author C. S. Lewis ties in this kind of warped perception into his book The Great Divorce to describe the images of Heaven and Hell. Hell, he acknowledges, “is locked from the inside.” Throughout the book, the narrator meets ghost people trapped in a purgatory-like state by their own wants and needs. They desire Heaven, but when given the chance to enter, they reject

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis describes what Heaven and hell is like. It is fair to say that often people question what Heaven and hell will really be like. C.S. Lewis’s book describes many common thoughts and also some thoughts that do not line up quite as well. The narrator of The Great Divorce is dreaming of these two places and is taken through a series of events that allows him to see Heaven and Hell. C.S. Lewis uses the narrator at the beginning to describe Hell. Through the narrator’s eyes

One of the main themes in C.S. Lewis’s “The Great Divorce” there is a major theme throughout the book that at anytime people can change and come back from a sinful life. However, in order to do this the person needs to completely let go of the sin and make the decision for themselves. People have to fully accept their sin so that they can fully come back from their sinful life. In the book, there are 2 characters in the book that really stand out. One ghost who is clinging to the sin of lust, and

Heaven and Hell C.S. Lewis described Heaven and Hell in many ways throughout his book The Great Divorce. It was described in so many ways that I had to choose which quotes I thought were the most powerful and most meaningful to me. Before I talk about C.S. Lewis, I would like to say what I personally believe about Heaven and Hell. I feel as if we cannot fully understand Heaven and Hell since it is beyond our understanding. The only thing we have is scripture and that is what tells us about Heaven