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Nolan Sorrento is the Head of Operations at IOI. He has a PhD in Computer Science and, before being recruited by IOI, worked as a “high-profile videogame designer.” Sorrento is the antagonist of the novel; he is cruel, only cares about money and power, and does not respect the OASIS, Halliday, or the hunt. He also kills Daito, Aunt Alice, Rick, Mrs. Gilmore, and attempts to kill Wade. At the end of the novel Wade kills Sorrento’s avatar, and in real life Sorrento is arrested through his involvement with the murders.
Nolan Sorrento Quotes in Ready Player One
The Ready Player One quotes below are all either spoken by Nolan Sorrento or refer to Nolan Sorrento. 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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Sorrento had tried to kill me. And in the process, he'd murdered my aunt, along with several of my neighbors, including sweet old Mrs. Gilmore, who had never hurt a soul. He'd also had Daito killed, and even though I'd never met him, Daito had been my friend.
And now Sorrento had just killed Shoto’s avatar, robbing him of his chance to enter the Third Gate. Sorrento didn't deserve his power or his position. What he deserved, I decided in that moment, was public humiliation and defeat. He deserved to have his ass kicked while the whole world watched.
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Nolan Sorrento Quotes in Ready Player One
The Ready Player One quotes below are all either spoken by Nolan Sorrento or refer to Nolan Sorrento. 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:
).
Level Three: 0035
Quotes
Sorrento had tried to kill me. And in the process, he'd murdered my aunt, along with several of my neighbors, including sweet old Mrs. Gilmore, who had never hurt a soul. He'd also had Daito killed, and even though I'd never met him, Daito had been my friend.
And now Sorrento had just killed Shoto’s avatar, robbing him of his chance to enter the Third Gate. Sorrento didn't deserve his power or his position. What he deserved, I decided in that moment, was public humiliation and defeat. He deserved to have his ass kicked while the whole world watched.
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