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er pair is John Shade and Odon. John Shade is epileptic. Odon is also epileptic.
Shade also states that “[he] may join forces with Odon” (301), which would
make them a pair. Odon is stated to have a half brother named Nodon, another
reflection, who is epileptic as well. This could mean that Nodon and Odon are
actually half-brothers or they each male up one brother. The final pair in the
team of three pairs is Disa and Sybil Shade. “Disa at thirty…bore a singular re-
semblance not…to Mrs. Shade” (207). Disa is a younger Sybil, who is another
verison of Shade exploring the different stages of his life and reminiscing on a
younger Sybil. Although the team of three pair did put up a good fight, there
was not a significant number of clues for it to be able to come in first place.
The last team that did not win the Zemblan Ping Pong Tournament is this
being written by a madman in an insane asylum. To begin, the author states
“there is a very loud amusement park right in front of [his] present lodg-
ings” (130). The amusement park is simply the world that is flashing by before
the person’s eyes, as they are trapped in an asylum. The word present to describe
lodgings makes it seem like where the person is staying is not permanent. An
asylum is not a place where someone stays forever. “One of Shade’s publish-
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