# Pete the Shadow — The Enormous Room character guide

> Pete the Shadow in The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pete, Pete The Shadow, Pete The Hollander

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-le-nouveau

## Who they are

A quiet, shadowy prisoner who keeps to himself.

## Relationships

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

_social_

Pete the Shadow is a mysterious and elusive prisoner whom the narrator observes and interacts with occasionally, but without intimacy.

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

_social_

Pete the Shadow is a mysterious and elusive prisoner whom the narrator observes and interacts with occasionally, but without intimacy.

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

_social_

Pete the Shadow is a mysterious and elusive prisoner whom the narrator observes and interacts with occasionally, but without intimacy.

## In the story

### [VII: An Approach to the Delectable Mountains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/vii-an-approach-to-the-delectable-mountains)

Arrives as a ghost-like figure after three months of solitary confinement; becomes a friend of the narrator and B.

### [X: Surplice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/x-surplice)

Target of Surplice's rage during the '606' incident; threatens Surplice.

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