Why does Ender refer to himself as the Speaker for the Dead?

Why does Ender refer to himself as the Speaker for the Dead? He hears the voices of the dead in his head. He believes it is his responsibility to speak for those whom he has killed. He wants to talk to Bonzo and Stilson, both of whom he killed when he was younger.

Is Ender Wiggin in Speaker for the Dead?

Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens’ ways are strange and frightening… again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery…and the truth.

Why does Ender publish the book using the pseudonym Speaker for the Dead and not his own name?

Why does Ender publish the book using the pseudonym “Speaker for the Dead” and not his own name? He signed his book “Speaker for the Dead” instead of Ender Wiggen because he was already so famous and would be known even more from his book.

Who narrates Speaker for the Dead?

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Why can Ender not return to Earth?

Ender cannot return to Earth in the earlier parts of the novel because he is still training for his mission to defeat the Buggers. The main reason is because his sociopathic brother Peter has gained control of the planet through his influence. Ender knows that if he returns to Earth he will become a symbolic figure.

How old is ender in Speaker for the Dead?

about 35 years old
The book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender’s Game. However because of relativistic space travel at near-light speed Ender himself is only about 35 years old.

Why does Ender agree to go to the First Colony?

Why does Ender agree to go with Valentine and be the governor of the first colony? Ender wants to go to the place where the buggers lives so he can understand them better.

How does Ender become the first Speaker for the Dead?

Ender writes a book based upon the knowledge he gathers from the queen, telling the entire bugger history, especially their sorrow that the two races could not understand each other, and signs it SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD.

Is Ender a hero or villain?

Ender Wiggin is a villain. He should not be allowed to return to Planet Earth. Because the government genetically engineered him to be a killing machine, he has to potential to kill an entire species.

What happened in the last chapter of Ender’s game?

Summary The final chapter of the book begins with Graff and Anderson, speaking much more casually than they have in the past. Graff has survived his court martial trial, where the prosecution attempted to prove that Ender was a killer. Ender watched, and learned that he killed both Stilson and Bonzo.

Why does Ender decide to go to the New World?

Valentine sees that he thinks she is trying to manipulate him and tells him that no one has a free life to live, so the least he can do is choose a path put forth by one who loves him. Ender decides to go, but tells her that the reason is to try to repay the buggers by learning about their past. The colony travels to the new world and settles down.

How does Ender communicate with the bugger queen?

Behind the mirror Ender finds the pupa of a bugger queen, and the queen communicates with him. She shows him the images of the battles, from the buggers’ point of view, and then sends images to his mind of what he needs to do to let her live again and start a new bugger civilization.

What did Ender learn about Stilson and Bonzo?

Ender watched, and learned that he killed both Stilson and Bonzo. What he cannot understand is why the deaths of the bugger queens do not matter to anyone. To him they are crimes just like Stilson and Bonzo’s deaths.