Lewis argues “So all that is said of Milton's 'sympathy' for Satan, his expression in Satan of his own pride, malice, folly, misery and lust, it is true in a sense, but not in a sense peculiar to Milton. The Satan in Milton allows him to represent the character well just as the Satan in us allows us to receive him” The reason why Milton sympathizes with Satan is because he sees himself in him, just as the readers do. Human beings continually sin and make mistakes; Satan is the personification of this. Satan connects with the reader so vividly because he is real, as if he is someone who believes he should get what he deserves, by any means. Satan is determined in the same way that humans are. Gross writes, “It is not that I like Satan's voice, mind, or attitude more than those of the other characters in the poem, but rather that Satan, at times, seems to be the only one with a voice, a mind, or a attitude of his choice. just...” Just like people are never comfortable: money is never enough, body is not sexy enough, etc. It is extremely difficult for a human being to be completely satisfied with his life, just as Satan was not comfortable with his life. life in Heaven but he's not very happy about spending eternity in Hell either. Socially, people try to deviate as much as possible from the image of Satan, but deep down they are much more similar than most would like.