The Enormous Room · Character
Pete the Shadow
A quiet, shadowy prisoner who keeps to himself.
minor
Also known as Pete, Pete The Shadow, Pete The Hollander
First appearance: iv le nouveau
Pete the Shadow's tie to Narrator is one of the pressures that moves The Enormous Room—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Arrives as a ghost-like figure after three months of solitary confinement; becomes a friend of the narrator and B.
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With Narrator (social): Pete the Shadow is a mysterious and elusive prisoner whom the narrator observes and interacts with occasionally, but without intimacy. With Narrator (social): Pete the Shadow is a mysterious and…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Narrator's Close Associates
- Miscellaneous Prisoners and Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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social · ambivalent
Pete the Shadow is a mysterious and elusive prisoner whom the narrator observes and… How this plays out →
- Narrator
social · ambivalent
Pete the Shadow is a mysterious and elusive prisoner whom the narrator observes and… How this plays out →
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