The Margin

Concept

Returning the Ticket

Also known as give back my entrance ticket, return Him the ticket.

Returning the Ticket is Ivan's image for refusing entrance into a redeemed world bought at too high a price. He says he does not reject God, only the world God has made if its harmony depends on unatoned children's tears. The phrase is courteous in form and absolute in meaning: Ivan gives back the admission rather than accept the terms.

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Returning the Ticket