Heaven And Hell In The Great Divorce

In The Great Divorce, Lewis depicts a man’s encounter of Heaven and Hell, where he interacts with and witnesses many different beings and opinions. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator is wandering around aimlessly through a miserable and dismal town. As he walks, he sees a bus stop and proceeds to get in line, not knowing where the bus would take him. The narrator quickly notices the hostility of the others in the line and observes the strife between the passengers as they struggle to board the bus, once on, the narrator begins to have a conversation with one of the passengers that quickly gets interrupted by other passengers and their quarrelsome behavior. Upon arrival, many of the passengers realize that they are no longer pure, however seem to have become …show more content…
As the transparent beings, or “ghosts”, begin to interact with their more authentic counterparts, the narrator begins observing the interactions between the sets of beings. As he observes the interactions he notices that they not only know each other but that there seems to be conflict between the beings that is unresolved. The more genuine inhabitants form this land are trying to get the ghosts to understand and move closer to the change that they had encountered that changed them, allowing them to live on this brighter more natural and beautiful place. Every conversation is met with the challenge, that is to let go of whatever sinful nature that they are holding on to and turn towards the true light. As the narrator is observing these conversations he is met by one of the other inhabitants himself. As he sees the man he thinks that he looks like someone that he would have always thought to be reliable. As he begins to interact with this other being he is given insight by the other being as they observe other conversations between other