# The Trembling Planton — The Enormous Room character guide

> The Trembling Planton in The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Planton

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

## Who they are

A nervous young orderly who serves the prisoners.

## Relationships

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

_social_

The Trembling Planton is a nervous and pitiable fellow prisoner whom the narrator observes and interacts with frequently, but without deep emotional connection.

### [Jean le Nègre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/characters/jean_le_negre)

_social_

Jean le Nègre and the Trembling Planton have a casual acquaintance, with Jean often teasing or ignoring the nervous man.

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

_social_

The Trembling Planton is a nervous and pitiable fellow prisoner whom the narrator observes and interacts with frequently, but without deep emotional connection.

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

_social_

The Trembling Planton is a nervous and pitiable fellow prisoner whom the narrator observes and interacts with frequently, but without deep emotional connection.

### [Jean le Nègre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/characters/jean_le_negre)

_social_

Jean le Nègre and the Trembling Planton have a casual acquaintance, with Jean often teasing or ignoring the nervous man.

### [Jean le Nègre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enormous_room_se/characters/jean_le_negre)

_social_

Jean le Nègre and the Trembling Planton have a casual acquaintance, with Jean often teasing or ignoring the nervous man.

## In the story

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

Referred to as the planton with the Wooden Hand; he is indulgent and allows the narrator and B. to peek at the list, and later escorts them.

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