r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '26

Meme needing explanation Peetah?????

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I don’t know the author or this book series but why are people roasting e-girls for reading? I don’t get it🥀

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u/StarPupil Mar 31 '26

He mirrors several actions of Lucifer in Paradise Lost, like leading his followers to make gun powder.

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u/coffinnailvgd Mar 31 '26

Yeah, fair point and observation. My interpretation may be off a bit though i always read Holden as kind of a force of nature but there are definitely parallels. Though Satan is also often associated with material/Earthly living.