Citizen of the Galaxy Study Guide

The novel opens with a slave auction. Our protagonist, Thorby, is a small boy for sale at this auction. Emaciated, scarred, and filthy, he clearly has endured many sufferings during his short life. Thorby evidently is not regarded by the buyers as a favorable piece of merchandise as none of them is willing to bid on him. He is finally purchased, for a very low price, by a mysterious beggar named Baslim. (read more)