I have a question that refers to the whole book but particularly to chapter nine. I don't understand why all the characters have two names. Is one their last name and the other their first? For example in chapter nine Therem of Estre is the same person as Estraven. Is Estraven his first name, that's what I think. I also liked the discussion question in class that asked whether or not we thought Estraven was a traitor. I was confused by why they were referring to him as a traitor in the story when he only killed those other people in self defense. Why is he considered a traitor for uniting to clans?
Another question i have about the book is how is Mr. Ai able to communicate with the Karhidians and the people of Orgeryn? i understand that he has been in Karhide for two years and that he would have picked up the language but he has only been in Orgota for a few days and is already able to communicate with all the people and was when he first arrived. Maybe he some how managed to learn the languages before he went to winter. But how would he have done that because they supposedly knew nothing of these people isn't Mr. ai there to learn about them. i wonder if there languages are all very similar.