# The Fencer — The Enormous Room character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Fencer

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

## Who they are

A prisoner skilled in fencing.

## In the story

### [III: A Pilgrim's Progress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/iii-a-pilgrim-s-progress)

The fencer is the guard who escorts the narrator to the dark room and instructs him to sleep by a post.

### [XI: Jean le Nègre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/chapters/xi-jean-le-n-gre)

Proclaims the end of an earlier incident, allowing everyone to return to bed.

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