| A | B |
| Giant's eye | portal and window to the soul |
| Giant's head | inside Ender's mind |
| bread | life and comfort |
| river | purification |
| well | wishes and portal to the unknown |
| unicorn | healing and beauty |
| dragon | power, death, greed, and wisdom |
| castle | safety and protection--also power |
| tower | prison |
| mirror | shows true self, shows how Ender views himself |
| playground | what Ender wants to do and what he can't do |
| wolf-children | Ender's fears of those around him |
| path | leads to someplace, someone had to create it |
| Drink Traveler sign | expectation--has been waiting for Ender |
| gems and food | temptation and test |
| friendly-looking animals in cages | something good trapped or something evil contained |
| forest | darkness and unknown |
| Queen of Hearts | Valentine, mother figure |
| snake | power to heal or to kill |
| End of the World | portal, what Ender wants |
| ledge | limited choice |
| black cloud of smoke | concentrated evil |
| dwarf villiage | something useful out of Ender's violence |
| Giant | Peter, mean, evil, misunderstood |
| rats | disease, filth, Ender's remorse |
| children at the playground | Ender is different, not accepted, not a child |
| Peter eating the snake | Ender's fears about his true self |
| bat | greeter, death and the undead, misunderstood creature |
| eye goo | offering, payment to get into Fairyland |
| crowd with Peter's face | how Ender sees everyone around him, bullies |
| stairs down from the tower | the only way out |
| kisses the snake | Ender must choose love over violence to survive |