Lewis Vs Mackesy

I read one of C.S Lewis's books: The Great divorce. I enjoyed it quite a lot except that I was stuck trying to understand the subtexts of the allegories. I was struggling with the language a bit. I guess a 20th-century, Oxford, a British philosopher who can read Latin has a more sophisticated language usage for a girl who is used to informal language. I attended an online course about C.S Lewis's works, so I had some background knowledge getting into it. But despite that, I had a hard time interpreting the themes of the book. 

After that, I read another book by Charlie Mackesy: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse. It is a children's book written in very simple terms. The language was clear and touching. Halfway through the book, I found myself sobbing. 

It was after I read this small children's book that I understood The Great divorce. And frankly speaking there was no revelation that occurred to my mind about it. I have already known what the book was all about, I was just trying to understand the "deep" and the "unspoken" parts of the book instead of accepting the message merely as I understood it in my terms.  The author, though he was a 20th-century, Oxford, British philosopher who can read Latin, wanted to address people through a story because his message was that simple. However, because I was taught that his works have deep interpretations and references to Dante's works, I was blind to see what was obvious. 

C.S Lewis's friend the famous Tolkien (the author of lord of the ring) once advised Lewis about this issue. Tolkien suggested that some stories (he was referring to the story of the resurrection) are better understood as mere stories than theological or philosophical sets of thoughts to tackle with. 

Being an adult is that. It is expecting a sophisticated explanation when the explanation is clear and easy. We dismiss the uncomplicated solely because we think there is more to it. We just can not afford to accept that Life's meaning is that easy. We study math, physics e.t.c only to find out what we have already known the moment we were born: that we exist for Love.