In his preface, Lewis provides the reader with a key insight regarding his views on this divide when he writes, “I think the earth, if chosen instead of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell: and earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of Heaven itself.” Lewis that the “divorce of the title is the gulf fixed between Heaven and Hell, a gulf which varies in size depending upon the perspective from which it is viewed.” This title reflects Lewis’ purpose in the book to stress this separation between Heaven and Hell. I hope in this essay to show Lewis’s purposes for writing the book, consider his inspiration for the idea, discuss the literary devices Lewis uses in the book and why, and give evidence of the themes he intends to teach the reader.Ī.
Lewis, himself, in his preface to the book, calls The Great Divorce a “small book.” In spite of its brevity, The Great Divorce has several theological implications, especially with respect to heaven, hell, and the nature of sin. Lewis’s most creative works, but it remains also one of his lesser known books.
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