Chapters 2 and 3 - Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer
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Severian and the Tortures Guild
Severian is a fully rounded human character too. So it's appropriate that he has these kind of prejudices, right? But then again, you know, also Jesus was no saint. This is not straight up Jesus. I mean, this is something very different than the benevolent, all loving God or Son of God that we might be familiar with in Christianity. Right. Well, let's we'll get into that in the next chapter. In the next chapter they are doing Torture. And it is not like, oh, we're going to play loud rock music. Like, that's not fair. They're just doing their jobs."
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