Speaker for the Dead
At his funeral, I would have been called on to tell a story and would have had an impossible choice. The people wouldn’t have understood if I told the truth, even a very abbreviated truth. It would have been unfair to make them listen to it. They don’t need to know. But I am a writer, and I plan to, at some point, write this story. Without having a name for it at the time, I can now say I wanted to Speak for the Dead, and not tell a fake story. So I chose not to go.
[I loved the Ender books since I read them in early in my college days. And the notion of Speaking the Truth was a powerful one for me as well. Dave made a really difficult choice, atmo. It's the sort of decision that makes me rethink integrity and its place in our lives, and what it is at a fundamental level. There's a story I'd like to write one day.]
Source: Scripting News
I loved reading the Ender books too.
Alex Jones
July 18, 2012 at 2:55 pm