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Chapter 4 begins the pattern that dominates the rest of the novel: The narrator witnesses one of the Grey Town Ghosts meeting a Spirit who has come to offer them entry, urging them from the Valley that acts as a preview of Heaven and onward into the Mountains, where they will experience Heaven’s full bounty.
The first Ghost to decline this offer is the bully, who meets a Spirit who used to be his employee and expresses annoyance that this man, who once killed someone, has been in Heaven while he, the Ghost, has not; the Ghost believes he was consistently a “good person” in life. The Spirit says he must accept that no human is so good that they deserve to go on to the Mountains and enter God’s presence. Moreover, the Ghost had very low standards for what qualifies as a “good person,” as he treated his employees and family with cold indifference. The Ghost must therefore ask for what he perceives as “charity”—God’s mercy. The Ghost angrily refuses, saying he’d rather “be damned than go along with” the Spirit (31).
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A Grief Observed
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Mere Christianity
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Out of the Silent Planet
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Perelandra
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Prince Caspian
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Surprised by Joy
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That Hideous Strength
That Hideous Strength
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The Abolition of Man
The Abolition of Man
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The Discarded Image
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The Four Loves
The Four Loves
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The Horse And His Boy
The Horse And His Boy
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The Last Battle
The Last Battle
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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The Magician's Nephew
The Magician's Nephew
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The Pilgrim's Regress
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The Problem of Pain
The Problem of Pain
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The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters
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The Silver Chair
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces
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