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nature-and-domestication
Cadderly's interactions with Percival the squirrel emphasize a connection to nature contrasted with the constraints of monastic life.
1 chapter across 1 book
A Canticle For Leibowitz (1961)Walter M. Miller
Chapter 6
The chapter follows Cadderly as he navigates a morning filled with unusual and troubling events: a playful but aggressive interaction with a squirrel named Percival, a violent and uncharacteristic fight between dwarven brothers Ivan and Pikel, and the unexpected failure of Brother Chaunticleer to perform the midday canticle. The chapter ends with Cadderly discovering the injured Kierkan Rufo, whose hostility and wounds suggest deeper conflicts and mysteries involving Danica's disappearance.