The Hard-Bitten Ghost In C. S. Lewis The Great Divorce

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C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce tells a story of humans from hell traveling to heaven to receive a second chance at repentance. These humans, called Ghosts, are greeted in heaven by Spirits, those who had given their lives to Christ before their deaths. Each Ghost has a specific fault that inhibits them from truly believing in Christianity, ranging from prideful tendencies to grief and flawed views of love. Out of the Ghosts mentioned in The Great Divorce, I am most inclined to be the Hard-Bitten Ghost.
The first quality I share with the Hard-Bitten Ghost is that of negativity. Upon first meeting the narrator, the Ghost rants about heaven, saying, “You can’t eat the fruit and you can’t drink the water,” exhibiting his blindness to the heavenly

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