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Rashaverak is an Overlord who first identifies Jean as a person of interest regarding the coming of the Overmind. At Rupert’s party, when Jean faints at the Ouija board, Rashaverak realizes that she has a close connection to the first hosts of the Overmind. After discovering this, Rashaverak is tasked with observing George and Jean’s family and reporting his observations to Karellen. When Jeffrey and Jennifer begin exhibiting symptoms of the Overmind’s coming, Rashaverak meets with George and Jean to help them understand what is happening to their family. After Jan returns from his expedition to the Overlords’ homeworld, Rashaverak spends some of his last days on Earth helping Karellen explain to Jan all that has happened in the years that he has been gone. Although Rashaverak was formerly a scientist who studied newly-discovered planets, on Earth he studies humanity’s history of paranormal activity, hoping that it will offer some clue as to the nature of the Overmind.
Rashaverak Quotes in Childhood’s End
The Childhood’s End quotes below are all either spoken by Rashaverak or refer to Rashaverak. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18
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This was a thought that had never occurred to [George]. He had subconsciously assumed that the Overlords possessed all knowledge and all power—that they understood, and were probably responsible for, the things that had been happening to Jeff.
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Chapter 23
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“And do you not resent being used as a tool by the Overmind?”
“The arrangement has some advantages: besides, no one of intelligence resists the inevitable.”
That proposition, Jan reflected wryly, had never been fully accepted by mankind.
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Rashaverak Quotes in Childhood’s End
The Childhood’s End quotes below are all either spoken by Rashaverak or refer to Rashaverak. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18
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This was a thought that had never occurred to [George]. He had subconsciously assumed that the Overlords possessed all knowledge and all power—that they understood, and were probably responsible for, the things that had been happening to Jeff.
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Chapter 23
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“And do you not resent being used as a tool by the Overmind?”
“The arrangement has some advantages: besides, no one of intelligence resists the inevitable.”
That proposition, Jan reflected wryly, had never been fully accepted by mankind.
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