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[[WMG: The ending is a meta example of BreakingTheFourthWall.]]
Basically in the end Satan says that life itself is a dream and that nothing is real but empty space. This in turn could mention that Satan knows that he is just a character in a book and that everything at best is a story that is written on paper that someone is thinking about. This would explain what he meant when he says that everything including god is not real but they are all just a thought.
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[[WMG: ''Literature/TheMysteriousStranger'' takes place when someone is conscious during a "Jaunt" as described in StephenKing's short story ''The Jaunt''.]]

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[[WMG: ''TheMysteriousStranger'' takes place when someone is conscious during a "Jaunt" as described in StephenKing's short story ''The Jaunt''.]]

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[[WMG: ''TheMysteriousStranger'' ''Literature/TheMysteriousStranger'' takes place when someone is conscious during a "Jaunt" as described in StephenKing's short story ''The Jaunt''.]]
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It may be the boy in King's story, or it may be some other unfortunate, perhaps one really trapped in that in-between place for eternity. [[spoiler: He brings with him notions of God, heaven, and hell, hallucinating something close to what he perceives as the reality he left behind. Satan represents an aspect of him that is somewhat sane and self-aware (at least by the end of the story), imploring the narrator to dream better dreams than the world he has imagined.]]

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It may be the boy in King's story, or it may be some other unfortunate, perhaps one really trapped in that in-between place for eternity. [[spoiler: He brings with him notions of God, heaven, and hell, hallucinating something close to what he perceives as the reality he left behind. Satan represents an aspect of him that is somewhat sane and self-aware (at least by the end of the story), imploring the narrator to dream better dreams than the world he has imagined.]]]]

[[WMG: The mindscrew ending is Satan's way of showing that he really was fond of Theodor.]]
We know that he believes that the only way humans can be happy is if they're mad, outright listing a god as one of the things a person can be happy believing themselves to be. Since Satan knows they won't be seeing each other again he gifts his friend with his version of "happiness", making him believe that he's the creator of the world; its God.
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It may be the boy in King's story, or it may be some other unfortunate, perhaps one really trapped in that in-between place for eternity. [[spoiler: They bring with them notions of God, heaven, and hell, hallucinating something close to what they imagine as reality. Satan represents an aspect of themselves that is (or becomes) somewhat sane and self-aware, imploring the narrator to dream better dreams than that at the end.]]

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It may be the boy in King's story, or it may be some other unfortunate, perhaps one really trapped in that in-between place for eternity. [[spoiler: They bring He brings with them him notions of God, heaven, and hell, hallucinating something close to what they imagine he perceives as reality. the reality he left behind. Satan represents an aspect of themselves him that is (or becomes) somewhat sane and self-aware, self-aware (at least by the end of the story), imploring the narrator to dream better dreams than that at the end.world he has imagined.]]
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[[WMG: ''TheMysteriousStranger'' takes place when someone is conscious during a "Jaunt" as described in StephenKing's short story ''The Jaunt''.]]
It may be the boy in King's story, or it may be some other unfortunate, perhaps one really trapped in that in-between place for eternity. [[spoiler: They bring with them notions of God, heaven, and hell, hallucinating something close to what they imagine as reality. Satan represents an aspect of themselves that is (or becomes) somewhat sane and self-aware, imploring the narrator to dream better dreams than that at the end.]]

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