# Apollyon — The Enormous Room character guide

> Apollyon in The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** VI Apollyon, Apollyon

**First appearance:** 0007-vi-apollyon

## Who they are

A menacing prisoner who embodies destruction and chaos.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Apollyon is a cruel and menacing guard who represents the oppressive authority the narrator despises and resists.

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Apollyon is a cruel and menacing guard who represents the oppressive authority the narrator despises and resists.

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Apollyon is a cruel and menacing guard who represents the oppressive authority the narrator despises and resists.

## In the story

### [IV: Le Nouveau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/iv-le-nouveau)

Mentioned as a camp authority figure, though not directly appearing in this chapter.

### [VI: Apollyon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/vi-apollyon)

Identified as Monsieur le Directeur, the fiendish ruler of La Ferté Macé who wields absolute power through fear, women, and Sunday.

### [XII: Three Wise Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/xii-three-wise-men)

Present behind the three commissioners, strutting and lisping, embodying the camp authority's deference to the commission.

### [XIII: I Say Goodbye to La Misère](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/xiii-i-say-goodbye-to-la-mis-re)

The Directeur speaks in a subdued voice, telling Cummings he is to leave; Cummings notes his changed demeanor.

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