Introduction: Ender is one of the main characters in this book, Ender is intelligent on and off the battlefield he is the youngest in the salamander army but he is more skillful than anyone else in the army. The book Ender’s game is written by Dr son Scott Card, This book was the Hugo and Nebula winner. Before Ender got picked to fight the buggers he was just a normal boy he went to school like every other kid, one day he got put in a test and if he passed he would go to battle school in space, Ender eventually passed the test and he had a military personnel come to his door and tell his parents that he passed the test and is going to battle school. Body paragraph: in the first couple chapter ender gets into a fight with stilson which is a
school bully, later in the book you find out that ender had killed stilson but ender doesn’t know that, Ender has killed two people Stilson and bonzo, Bonzo was Ender’s commander before he got promoted to commander of dragon army. Before Ender joined the Dragon army they have never won a battle then Ender joined and they started winning their battles.
The Enders Game written by Orson Scott Card provides understanding of the characters and their relationships with others through indirect characterization and diction. Orson Scott Card uses literacy devices and specific word choice to let the reader draw conclusions about the characters and the relationships between Peter and Ender, the symbolism of the bugger mask/bugger-astronaut game, and the foreshadowing of Peter and Valentines death. The author reveals the relationship between Peter and Ender through Peter’s perception of Ender and the astronaut-bugger game. “Ender did not see Peter as […]
In Orson Scott Card’s novel, Enders Game, at the age of six, Ender is chosen by Colonel Graff and the International Fleet to help save mankind from the buggers. However, through his journey, he experiences manipulation and deception from significant figures that surround his life. This deceit from Colonel Graff, Valentine, and Mazor Rackham is focused on defeating the buggers in the Third Invasion.
Ender is selected to go to Battle School in space because of the actions he has displayed against a bully after a device known as a monitor, which allows the leaders of the I.F. to watch and hear everything Ender perceives. Although Ender’s conception was predetermined (in this time period, families are only allowed to have two children unless stated by the government which is why Ender is often called a “Third”), he had to display the correct characteristics to be selected. Ender’s siblings, Peter and Valentine also wore the monitor, but neither wore it as long nor was selected because Peter was too cruel and Valentine was too mild. Once Ender arrives, he makes a couple new friends from the other selected children, including a boy named Alai. When Ender is alone, he plays a mind game and progresses farther than anyone has before so out of the blue, Ender becomes promoted to a group called Salamander Army, where he befriends the only girl, Petra Arkanian, at Battle School. As Ender continues to display his brilliance, he is continuously being promot...
Leading up to that he faces enemies and obstacles in the form of bigger kids and the games that he wins thoroughly, to the point where he cannot be beat. He always is one set ahead of whatever is thrown at him. Until Ender finds the Bugger Queen pupa.” Reached into the cavity and took out the cocoon.” (Card 321) Here in this scene Ender is going against what we have come to see as part of who he is. He has the intent to allow the Buggers to rebuild and try to live along side of humans. Normally he destroys something so thoroughly that it can never hurt him or the people he is fighting for again. This is perhaps one of the very best examples of the theme that one’s past does not define them or their
After years of being monitored by government officials, Ender Wiggins, the main character of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, finds himself completely alone. The loneliness set's in as he finds himself in a new school, away from the watchful eyes of the government and bared to the world. He is a Third. This feeling of being a third makes Ender feel even more isolated, "It was not his fault he was a Third. It was the government's idea, they were the ones who authorized it - how else could a Third like Ender have got into school?" (Card 5). There was no one there to keep the bullies away now. Although he never really liked the monitor, he now found himself alone and missing the advent ages of having it on and knowing that someone, somewhere was always with him and watching him. At battle school, Ender knows that he will be isolated from the other students. Colonel Graff tells the other students of Ender and how superior his talents and intelligence is compared to the rest of the group. The other students don't like Ender and don't trust him. Throughout battle school, Ender is kept from his family and isolated from other children.
Therefore, Ender shows the reader that he takes responsibility as an adult for just waking up early and on time for his battles. Therefor, Ender taking that responsibility must be hard since he's just a kid and has to be responsible for
Throughout the novel, Ender gradually begins to realize that he is not so different from his brother Peter. Ender grew up being punished and beaten up just for being a third who was smarter than Peter. This explains why Ender wants nothing to do with him when he leaves home. The mind game periodically reminds Ender that he is not completely different from him through certain levels. On the first obstacle that proved difficult, he brutally
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Ender's Game. Dir. Orson Scott Card and Alan Smithee. Perf. Asa Butterfield. Summit Entertainment, 2013.
In the story “Ender's Game” many interesting actions and events happen. From wars to death, to games, that are not games anymore. This story is about a young boy that lives in a world that is constantly under attack from extraterrestrials called the Buggers. In the beginning, Ender is just a young boy constantly controlled and watched by the government (The IF). In the middle, he is taken to battle school and there the people realize that he is the best person for the job and will lead the human race to victory over the Buggers. Lastly, the IF puts Ender and his group together to beat the buggers in a final war. The book “Ender’s Game” written by Orson Scott Card is a fun and exciting science fiction book that leaves the reader at the edge of its seat. The symbolism and hidden messages in the book make the reader connect to the story. The title, the characters, and the setting all have something more to bring to the table and change
The novel Ender’s Game is written by Orson Schott Card. It is about a young boy who is sent to battle school. He meets friends and makes adversaries. In battle school, out in space, Ender, the young boy is a genius and is taught many tactics to destroy their prime enemy the buggers. He excels in school and battles his way into command school before the required age. There he is told he is battling buggers in simulations or is he? Throughout the novel, Ender is manipulated, bullied, and isolated, which creates many themes and messages. In this novel Ender’s Game the main theme is life is a game. Three characters that best prove this are Ender, Peter, and Bonzo.
He taught him, how to handle himself in intense situations. When Ender first entered the battle school, Colonel Graff pointed Ender out as the best student. “No, you didn’t, of course you didn’t. Not only stupid, but a liar too. Theres only one boy on this launch with any brains at all and thats Ender Wiggin” (Card 31). This made it extremely hard for Ender to make any friends because of the other kids jealousy. He also got isolated from the other boys in order to open up his creativity and brilliance, and make him think for himself. Enders isolation made him have less distractions, and by that it allowed him to focus on acquiring promotions, and further ranks. When Ender was promoted to toon leadership and after that quickly became the team commander, it definitely made the others despise him more. Upon being promoted to commander Ender came a cross a new group of kids and rookies that he would have to command. But to make it even harder on Ender he had to get along with all of them no matter what, because he was banned from trading them for other kids. Ender also got assigned 2 to 3 battle a day with his new group of kids. “ We’ve assembled a new army by advancing the equivalent of an entire launch course early and delaying the graduation of quite few advanced students. I think you’ll be pleased with the quality of your soldiers because we’re forbidding you to transfer them” (Card 156). Despite the hardship, Ender, single handedly, commanded this team of rookies to go against other teams , and claim a victory each time. Graff arranged this team for Ender to make him learn how to handle himself and his team in intense situations like these. That characteristic that Ender now has further improved his capability to lead a fleet against another bugger
A general then explains that he want to send Ender to battle school so he can learn how to fight in space. Ender decides to go. When he gets there he finds out that it is very tough. He ends up killing 2 kids and breaking count less numbers of bones in the 4 years that he is there.
There are many characters in this book, but only a few truly impact the main character. The main character and protagonist of this story is Ender Wiggin. At the beginning of the novel, Ender is 6 years old, but he has the mental capacity of a 15 year old, due to favorable genetics. When a monitoring device is removed from Ender, he gets into a fight with another boy in school named Stilson. Despite being drastically weaker than Stilson, Ender fatally wounds Stilson, but is left unaware that he did so. When asked later by Hyrum Graff, a member of the International Fleet, Ender said that the reason he hurt Stilson so badly was so that Ender wouldn’t only win that fight, but win all future fights, before they even...
The primary goal of the education system was to breed great soldiers. Spartan citizens were obligated to be great soldiers. Babies were judged early on to see if they were fit for their duty as a soldier. In fact, “All Spartan infants were brought before a council of inspectors and examined for physical defects, and those who weren’t up to standards were left to die.” (History.com) This is similar to Ender’s Game, because Ender’s birth was requisitioned by the government. He is considered a “third”, in a society where only two children are allowed in each family. While his brother tested to be too violent and his sister a too mild temperament, Ender was bred in hopes that he would be the perfect mix of the two. Before Ender was born his parents signed an agreement with the government that if Ender qualified as a soldier he was military property, or he could not have been born. Since Ender was only born to fulfill the government’s needs, he feels that his only purpose is to go to Battle School and train to be in the army. Ender says, “‘It’s what I was born for, isn’t it? If I don’t go, why am I alive?’”(Card, pg. 26) Revealing his natural obligation to the military, just like the Spartan