The Giant's Game Chapter Summary

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The Command School authorities were justified in how they handled the final evaluation of Ender and his peers. Although their method of tricking Ender’s team into defeating the Buggers was not politically correct, it was extremely effective and lead to success. Ender may have been fit to be a commander due to his killer instinct and intelligence, but he was too young to be mentally ready for such a task. Therefore, the authorities at Command School felt a great need to make the battles seem like a series of tests. In chapter 6 of Ender’s Game, his obsession with a computer game called the Giant’s Drink is mentioned. After Ender manages to overcome an obstacle in the game, he stops playing for a while. However, later in the book, Ender decides to pick up the game again and saw Peter as the Giant. This revelation plagues him in his nightmares and later causes depression where Ender ceases to see the point in life at Battle School. Another source of this depression …show more content…

Even before Battle School, Ender had been bullied by many other students, one of them being a boy named Stilson. At one occasion, Stilson attacked Ender after his monitor had been taken out. In response, Ender reacted aggressively and fought back. Even after he had made his point, Ender continued to beat Stilson, up until he was completely unconscious. Then, at Battle School, a young boy named Bonzo who was jealous of Ender’s abilities decided to fight Ender in the showers. Ender did not respond to this kindly and continued to fight back. Once again, he did not stop until Bonzo had an “empty, dead look in his eyes”. Although he did not mean to, Ender killed both Stilson and Bonzo because they had attacked him first. This proves his killer instinct, but also shows that Ender would not knowingly hurt defenseless people in their home as the authorities wanted Ender to do to the Buggers. Thus, they created a simulation prompting him to win the

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