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Introduction and Chapter 1, The City Under Siege

• In the Introduction, Desiderio, the narrator and protagonist, is now an old man looking back on his life with a sense of regret.

• Desiderio acknowledges that he is known as a hero for ending the war against Dr. Hoffman, but he had never wanted to be a hero.

• Desiderio regrets that his fame came at the expense of the one woman he would ever truly desire, Albertina Hoffman.
• In Chapter 1, The City Under Siege, Desiderio is the son of a prostitute of Indian heritage and was raised by a group of nuns in an orphanage.

• Due to his Indian heritage, Desiderio has always felt as though he did not belong.

• Desiderio cannot remember how the war began, but recalls how his master, the Minister of Determination, became a city leader against the machines of Dr. Hoffman.
• During a city meeting one...

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