Describe the theme of death and the afterlife in two stories from "Twenty One Short Stories" by Graham Greene

Graham Greene takes on the themes of death and the afterlife in quite a few of his stories, and develops them to show the many different ideas people have about these two controversial themes. In 'Proof Positive', Major Weaver is pronouncing to the audience that he has cancer. He is proclaiming that 'the spirit was stronger than anyone realised' and that 'the spirit was everything'. Weaver seems to be extremely determined to prove this to …

…story. The man believes that in the afterlife, he will suffer for the sins he has committed, and it will be worse than his 'first' experience. The fear that this man has is a common one among us, and Graham Greene shows this clearly through this story. As one can clearly see, Greene has experimented well with the themes of death and the afterlife, and has developed many interesting and different ideas through his writings.