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How Did Satan Change Nikolaus's Life

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In the novel The Mysterious Stranger, by Mark Twain Satan changed three people’s lives, he changed some for the better and some for the worse. Satan changed Nikolaus’s and Lisa’s age of death so they wouldn’t suffer. Satan also changed the Astrologer’s life by possessing his body at court. In the novel Satan changed Nikolaus’ life for better by decreasing his age of death, so he wouldn 't suffer for forty-six years. “I have changed Nikolaus’s life………blessed relief of death.(138)” This quote shows that if Satan did not change Nikolaus’s death age, Nikolaus would live the rest of his life paralyzed, deaf, dumb, and blind. Satan changed Nikolaus’s life, consistent with helping Nikolaus by killing him. Satan changed Lisa’s life for the
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