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Ender Wiggin Stereotypes

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1.0 Synopsis
In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon intended by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he is trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

2.0 Issues/Problems Revealed In The Movie
2.1 Perception
The first issue in this movie is perception. In this movie, there are scenes that showing the perceptual biases among the characters. Firstly, how Ender perceived himself. He …show more content…

The conflict then lead to the injury of Bonzo’s head that makes Ender to give up on his battle to lead the fleet. He feels that he is responsible for what happened to Bonzo and lost the courage to be the leader. Role-related stressor is when Ender is pushed to be the leader of the fleet even when he is not ready yet for the big responsibility. He is only a kid at that time but the responsibility that was given to him has put him on a lot of pressure as there are a lot of people that are depending on him to live. There is also non-work stressor which is when Ender is so desperately wanting to communicate with his sister but is forbidden from doing so by Colonel for the reason of cannot expose their activities at the Battle

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