Mark Twain once said, " But who prays for satan? Who, in eighteen centries has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?" To me this quote means that no one ever cares about the source of a problem. People take pity on the ones that are effected by the sorce but never take the time to consider the center of the problem. For example, in a classroom setting there is always a child that will act up, and this causes others to laugh and join in on the misbehavior. The teacher atomatically classifies the problem child has doomed beyond help. When indeed he is the child that needs the most help, for he is the root of the problem. In my quote satan is the "problem" , the one that needs the most help. We are the people that throughout centeries have yet to recognize a solution to a problem that could have possibly been avoided. If we focus on the cause soon the effect can be changed also. Satan is an example of a being with the most problems but not a single friend to share them with. Not a single friend to go to for help. Have we not the common humanity to pray for the lost sinner?
Thoughtful posts from the great minds in Mrs. Dupuy's English I Honors classes.
I understand the message you are getting from this quote. The way I see it is a comedian doesn't tell jokes if he doesn't have a crowd. If you take the problem's root away then you won't have a problem at all.
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