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Chapters 2 and 3 - Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer

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The Hero's Call to Action in Creosos

Vodilis for him represents that traditional childlike desire for more. He also wolfs reference to the quest narrative plan. This is it. His life is so mundane, even though he's in like this fantastic thing that torturers go right. The outcome of this desire for romance has already led to a murder and it has placed a variant in this hypocritical position where he has to be loyal both to the autarky and to vote against it.

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