Post #14

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pgs. 653-702

Cooper Feltes

On these pages, Ender wraps up his Q&A session with the doctor. We find out that Marcao had a disease that turns some of the human organs to fat, and eventually kills you, yet is often passed down to your children, for them to suffer from. The doctor screened, earlier, all the children for said disease, but found nothing. This could only mean, but only for Ender to discover, that Marcao is not the father at all, but Libo, Novihna's real lover, was, before he was killed by the piggies, just as his father was. This is probably why Novihna and Marcao had such a rough relationship. Libo, we found out, had earlier taken Miro, one of Novihna's sons, under his wing, along with his own daughter as a Zenador. In the latter scenes of the reading, the reader sees Miro venture out into Piggy territory, while Card describes how Miro and Oaunda, Libo's daughter, found Libo with his heart out of his chest, not unlike the potential punishment for Darnay in A Tale of Two Cities. I think that Oaunda and Miro might have a thing that goes on between them in future readings, much like Libo and Novihna did.

post #13

Cooper Feltes
pg 600-653

On these pages, Ender has a long discussion with Jane about what occurred in Novihna's household that day. He , as he always does to speak for any death, in this case three deaths, comes up with seven questions. These seven questions, he mentions, are the key to uncovering the truth about the death of Marcao, Novihna's husband. he proceeds to Lusitania's medical hospital, where he meets a jubilant doctor. This doctor is known to be a strict catholic, and catholics, at least on Lusitania, do not at all like Speakers. Ender must remind the doctor of his status among the government in order to obtain files covering the death of Marcao. Card goes on about how the catholics have despised the "new religion", but doesn't fully explain why. I think this may have something to do with the end of the story.