After alien invaders nicknamed Buggers, by the people of Earth are successfully defended off by Earth’s mightiest heroes. It is when Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game takes place. The characters conflicts, and themes crafted in Card’s novel will deeply indulge the reader in this wonderful tale of great characters, conflicts everyone shares, and one lesson to be learned by all. Initially, in the beginning, Ender was a pushover. Before, Ender entered battle school he was harassed by his childhood bully Stilson. But then the monitor implanted in Ender was removed and the next time Stilson decided to harass Ender, it did not go well. Stilson was met with an enraged Ender who literally stomped the bully out of Stilson. At that point Ender has changed …show more content…
just a little but not as quite. He has gained some ruthlessness from Peter, which in later would help him. Now in battle school, Ender has yet another bully to deal with. The new bully Bonzo, knows he is far inferior to Ender’s skill and tactics for war, just cannot except that Ender is a better soldier than him. Bonzo and a couple of his squad mates decided to corner Ender in the showers to, permanently get rid of Ender once and for all. Little did they know, Ender had the cold, ruthless look in his eyes, and he isn’t going to be a helpless victim. Both, Ender and Bonzo engaged in hand-to-hand combat for a while, until Bonzo was pushed backwards, where his neck made contact with a blunt object. With a now broken neck, Bonzo later passed on because of, changes Ender forever. Ender shows this in his battle simulation where he ruthlessly eradicates his Bugger foes without showing any remorse. This change I think is good, because without this newfound ruthless Ender, would would have not be able to end the war. In like manner, characters are essential to great novels, but are so the conflicts that come with those characters.
The main conflict in Ender’s Game, is one shared among all of the characters in the story. Whether it be the ones introduced in the novel or just the ones in the universe set in the novel; it is the great big bad ugly Buggers. They are an intelligent race of alien arachnids who have invaded Earth, but before our story takes place; the warriors of Earth had managed to fend off them. Now it's up to Ender’s generation to lead armadas of space ships to avenge those killed in the Bugger’s invasion of Earth. This conflict remains solid throughout the entire story’s plot, Ender and other kids his age are brought to battle school. Where they will learn all the aspects of war in order to strike vengeance against the Buggers. Eventually the conflict is solved in the novel; that is when Ender and some of his squad mates are task with their final simulation which is a scenario of an invasion of the Buggers homeworld. Ender and his squad mates managed to accomplish their task, little did they know right after their mentors told them all the simulations were all real. Now with the Buggers gone, the main conflict throughout the book is
solved. Not only do great novel need great characters and conflicts; they as well need themes. One important theme of the novel, I think would be warfare. Even though the title is dubbed Ender’s Game. I think that the theme of warfare is the most important. This is shown throughout the novel fairly early in the plot. Ender is accepted into battle school, where time there is spent by training talented children, like Ender. They are taught many aspects and elements of warfare. First some physical aspects such as, hand-to-hand combat, how to maneuver through zero-g, and etc. Not only did they teachers of battle school train them in the physical aspects, but as well in the tactics and various strategies of war. By teaching the students of battle school the tactics that great tacticians once used in the history of warfare. Not only that the kids of battle school were always forced to command armadas of spaceships for space combat. Also not to mention that these kids of battle school are only still in their childhoods, it is crazy to think that these kids are being taught how to ruthlessly kill on the battlefield. Overall, Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is an absolutely must read for readers interested in sci-fi, and war. Card’s use of his dynamic characters, especially Ender, relating conflict, and grown up theme to create a great novel that will indulge you for hours. By inducting these great literary elements makes it so that the reader will not be able to stop reading it, until the end.
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.
These two men have a conflict that they do not find themselves in their world. They feel that they do not belong in the world that they are living in. Ender is living in a place where the government controls a system that everyone must follow. Ender does not believe that this system was right for the people. He is fighting with his internal and external conflict. His external conflict involves his struggles to overcome the obstacles places in his path, and the internal conflict is the result of the external that affect his emotional life.
When Ender leaves to Battle School, not only does he face other “Peters” but he experiences fatigue and loneliness from the severe program he is going through. Valentine will begrudgingly be used to motivate Ender in continuing in the program. Ender has improved at Battle School within a year- the youngest toon leader yet and was highest in the ranks. Everyone respected him as a teacher- not as a friend. This made Ender feel utterly depressed. Nobody saw him as a young child- just a respectable commander and that surely made him agitated. Graff and the other adults began to worry about Ender’s health. So, they called in reinforcements and had Valentine write a letter, “She’d written before, and they didn’t let any of those letters through. Those might have been real, but this was asked for, this was part of their manipulation” (Card-107). The IF uses the person Ender as ever truly cared for, Valentine, to motivate him and give him some kind of shrivel of hope to persevere through the program. They believed that Ender would do anything for his sister Valentine because of his unconditional love for his sibling. Even though this manipulation strategy was transparent and quite frustrating for Ender, he was determined not to play by the adults’ rules and he continued to be the best soldier yet. Later, when Ender was promoted to Commander, he stayed on Earth for two months- never wanting to go to space. Valentine is brought to meet him and convince him to go to Eros,” She walked back up the hill, savagely angry at them for making her come to Ender like this. For she had, after all, done just what they wanted. She had talked Ender into going back into his training, and he wouldn’t soon forgive her for that” (Card-170). Valentine knew the consequences of manipulating her brother- that Ender would think
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...
They wanted Ender to see that it was a game because this would insure that the humans would be victorious over the buggers. Because of this, Ender has suffered a great ordeal of losses in everything such as life, love, family, and friendship. At this point of my explanation, we can clearly see that Ender does suffice enough to be a Christ Figure because he began his journey with a full heart and now he is ending his journey with nothing left but a new world to live in with Valentine, while trying to find a safe place for the Queen Bugger to live. This is his last and most important mission of all. It looks like as if Ender is beginning a whole new journey. Truth be told, Ender is done, but he has that final step to go before he can call out to home and finally live the rest of days free of
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
Ender’s game is a science fiction novel written by Orson Scott card it was published in 1985. This book is in the future when in the story earth has been invaded by an alien race and is almost destroyed by the invasion but wins the battle and to prevent earth from being destroyed if they return they create the International fleet which recruits kids an teaches them to be commanders. The chapter that I am going to analyze is chapter one which is called Third. This chapter shows how Ender is being manipulated since the start and how he has to deal with being different by being a third.
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
The lines that define good and evil are not written in black and white; these lines tend to blur into many shades of grey allowing good and evil to intermingle with each another in a single human being. Man is not inherently good or evil but they are born innocent without any values or sense of morality until people impart their philosophies of life to them. In the words of John Locke:
...is enemy, he became the most ruthless and yet most compassionate commander the world has ever seen in all the wars the human race has withstood. Above all, however, isolation is the tool that made all the attributes transparent and viable to Ender and to the I.F. Beyond the war, Ender became more than just a tool to be used; he became a savior. A savior of not only one, but two different races bent on destroying each other. Ender became the very definition of Hope.
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.
Ender Wiggin, a brilliant and compassionate 6-year-old is chosen to complete intensive in-space training. He graduates in time to command Earth’s fleets and successfully defeat the buggers in the “Third invasion”. However, Ender later learns that he committed the genocide of billions of innocent lives as the buggers were a peaceful race. Both of these novels explore similar and different messages surrounding the shared isolation experienced by their protagonists, through use of literary devices and
In Ender’s Game, there is a boy named Ender Wiggin that is a genius. The International Fleet wants to send Ender to battle school to train him to fight against the buggers, an alien species that will invade Earth. Ender defeats the buggers but was tricked into doing so. Ender deeply regretted killing all of the buggers as they were too living things. Then Ender finds a bugger queen egg and waits a long time to put it down and reviving the buggers with it. Along the way to the bugger war and even after the bugger war there are many moral dilemmas that multiple different people have, various of occupation. If you don’t know what a moral dilemma is, a moral dilemma is a situation that requires the person in the moral dilemma to pick a choice,