As I work my way through the pages of The Master and the Margarita I find myself intrigued by the Devil's character and his game. He messes with atheists to convince them that God exists to simply prove his own existence. However, the way he tells Bible stories and predicts others deaths and futures gave me some food for thought. The stranger is going through all this trouble just to prove himself to these characters. He wants them to believe in him and what he can do. This got me thinking, is that not what we all do? We strive for people to believe in us and sometimes we even go out of our way to do so. As humans, we constantly try to prove ourselves to the people we see as important because we believe that their approval will get us where we need to go. Maybe not everyone thinks this way, but I definitely see it bringing out the human side in the Devil.
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