Expansion of "Good Omen's Quote Confusion"

As I continued to read through Good Omens, I stumbled across a couple quotes that I felt strengthened  the posts of Kellie and I. For anyone wanting to revisit these posts here are the links:

Kellie's original post:

http://paradisetranslation1011.blogspot.com/2008/11/good-omens-quote-confusion.html

My response post:

http://paradisetranslation1011.blogspot.com/2008/11/in-response-to-kellys-post-good-omens.html

After Aziraphale finds Agnes Nutter's book, he sits down and reads it to discover he knows the location of the Antichrist. Aziraphale struggles between  who he should tell, Crowley or Heaven.

He ought to tell Crowley.

No, he didn't. He wanted to tell Crowley. He ought to tell Heaven.

He was an angel, after all. You had to do the right thing. It was built in. (p.240)

As we discussed in class, Aziraphale and Crowley have a sort of friendship growing because they both have been around for so long. And this connection that they have gets in the way of what they should do and what they want to do. For Aziraphale, telling Crowley seems natural(especialy since they were both working to find the Antichrist); but telling Heaven is what he knows is right. This idea of what is right is what pulls at Aziraphale, and he gives in to this "built in" part of himself. He almost has no control over it, telling Heaven seems so automatic that Aziraphale doesnt even have enough time to warn Crowley of Heaven's plans.

It is here where Aziraphale rely's n the natural way of things. That is, the common belief that Heaven is good and Hell is Bad. He says:

because everyone knew Heaven would win in the end, and Crowley would be able to understand. (p.240)

This once again sets the ground of what should and will be done. The fact that everyone "knew"

heaven would win shows the automatic nature of the results of such a  battle. It doesn't even require thinking, because who would doubt such a result? Its all a matter of what is "built in."

Rebecca R.