The Great Divorce
Lewis wrote this novella
about Heaven and Hell. The main character gets the choice of whether he will
take the bus to heaven or remain in this grey town that is referred to as hell.
When given the choice most of the people on the bus chose to go back to the
grey town. This surprised me. I think that most people would be grateful for
the chance to leave hell if given the opportunity. If you’ve made bad decisions
your whole life I would like to think that you would like to get the chance to
spend your afterlife with the people in your life that did some good with
theirs. It seems so easy to make the decision to be in heaven. However, after
thinking about it, it doesn’t seem so easy. The easier decision was to go back
to living the life you are accustomed to. Getting to heaven means they had to
repent. Repenting is hard. Admitting you’re wrong and admitting you want change
your life is actually a hard idea. This story makes me wonder if Lewis knew how
mind boggling the idea of choosing between heaven and hell when he wrote this.
This novella is about hard decisions and to that I can relate.
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