Paradise Lost Book One was somewhat a difficult reading to comprehend. However, I think I was able to get the gist of the story. The main character of Book One was Satan. Satan was an angel who resided in the heavens but was defeated by God and eventually kicked out and sent to what became hell. There, Satan preached to other angels or “legions”, which like Satan were also defeated by God, to rebel against the heavens and defeat God once and for all. From my understanding the legions where not that thrilled about the idea of war because it seemed that they knew that God could not be defeated. Something in particular that caught my attention was that Satan would rather work and suffer in hell then be a servant to God. “Strongly to suffer and support our pains,/ That we may so suffice his vengeful ire/ Or do him mightier service as his thralls” (Book 1, 146-149).