Both Uses of
agony
in
Ender's Game
- The buggers had already beaten the main human fleet out in the comet shield, wiping out the earliest starships and making a mockery of human attempts at high strategy—that film was often shown, to arouse again and again the agony and terror of bugger victory.†
Chpt 11 *
- In the agony of my tortured dreams they came to know me, even as I spent my days destroying them; they found my fear of them, and found also that I had no knowledge I was killing them.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(agony) intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain