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 |