The Shack Analysis

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If anyone is open for a novel to challenge to their religious perceptions of God, The Shack is the novel for them. The Shack is a novel about a man named Mack that shares his story and his experience with faith. The novel begins with the character Mack receiving a note to meet Papa [God] at the shack; a place where evidence of his daughter's murder was found. A flashback then occurs of unfortunate events leading to his daughter, Missy, being abducted and presumably murdered. Mack decides to follow the note and meets Papa, Sarayu [Holy Spirit], and Jesus, where he learns lessons, lectures, and details about Missy’s death. Mack is presented with two heartbreaking choices: to continue in the physical presence of Papa or to go back to his family.…show more content…
This started early on when Adam and Eve decided to disobey Papa. In the novel, the free will that Papa allows Mack’s father (abuser), and Missy’s killer to both create bad situations for themselves and their victims. The choices that Papa granted for humanity to be able to make themselves let Mack decide to pursue his relationship with Papa from the very start. Mack gave himself the chance to forgive his Father and Missy’s killer the sources of his sadness. At the end of the novel, Mack chooses to end his experience with Papa, and go back to his family and return to his daily life. Mack has his share of suffering in his life, mainly sourcing from The Great Sadness. The feeling from The Great Sadness, is a combination of grief and guilt felt from Mack relating to Missy’s deaths and from Papa’s initial betrayal to not save her. The unknown allows The Great Sadness to creep on to Kate, from her guilt associated with her sister. Missy’s disappearance leaves everybody wondering if she is a better place and if she is in pain. This makes their lives very difficult to believe in their God, because of the tragedy he lets them endure. Papa’s relationship with Mack enables him to forgive by explaining her ways with sorrow and judgement, healing him with lessons and lectures, and by saving him from living with the consequences connected with The Great Sadness. Mack learns to forgive by following Papa’s ways from the situations of Jesus’ crucifixion, forgiving humanity for all of the evil let in to the world and all of the sins committed daily. The chance to meet humankind’s saviour may not be as far out there as everyone may
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