Lewis Difference Between Good And Evil

C.S. Lewis conveys in his message that the difference between good and evil, as well as heaven and hell is based on the human ability or inability to choose a path not centered on themselves. As individuals we are given the power to make choices, good and bad, right or wrong, which in return then make the choice of placement in hell an even greater tragedy. In the book the passengers on the bus, making its way to heaven, are required to make the choice of getting on the bus but then when they understand that all they need to do in order to enter heaven is to repent completely they have a difficult time. That decision is often met with excuses which display human fault. Lewis uses the ghosts and spirits to symbolize good and evil. The ghosts represent evil by their limited ability to have compassion for others, their inability to place another’s needs before their desires and their aspirations which have great importance in their lives. The spirits display the ability to sacrifice for others;
All that is good here on earth is found to be completely good in heaven. In addition, our eternal life with God does not begin when we die, who we are and the choice of our destiny, whether heaven or hell, is a challenge that we face every day. “Both processes begin even before death. The good man’s past begins to change so that his forgiven sins and remembered sorrows take on the quality of Heaven: the bad man’s past already conforms to his badness and is filled only with dreariness (69)
Our time on earth is really just a preparation for our time in Heaven and the difference between good and evil is our own ability to accept that our choices will ultimately determine our eternal destiny. “Good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective” (69). “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him” (