In “Ender’s Game” Orson Scott Card places a young man named Ender in a program designed to train children for battle, the group (a.k.a dragon unit) he is put into is known to be the group of boys who are the weakest and are not the best soldiers, in fact the leaders of the program are forced to shut down that unit seeing that young men who are put into the unit would fall victim of stereotypes and fail to perform to the best of their abilities. Ender is the leader of the dragon unit, so he is in charge of envisioning new tactics to receive a victory over the opponent. While in training Ender and his team receive notice that they are to battle in the upcoming hours. They are excited for the battle as they know they are ready, seeing that the team spends coupons hours of their day training, when the doors open to let them into the battle arena Ender quickly has his tactic to beat the other team, and he does. Within a couple of minutes, Ender destroys the opponent and his team still has an unheard number of people left standing on his team. Ender and his team are forced to do more training than any other unit in the school, and although they are dog tired they have won every battle that they are put into, even when the odds are remarkably stacked against them. In a few short weeks, Ender is sent to commander …show more content…
Like Ender, they are shocked to find out that he has been fighting the enemy the whole time and he ultimately wins the war. When they are done reading they can take away one idea from the story, never give up because you do not know how close to the end you really are. The reader learns this lesson through Enders thoughts as he faces the decision to give up or keep playing the game. If Ender would have given up the story would have changed, and perhaps it would have been Enders planet that gets disintegrated, and the ending of the story would be
When Ender enters the program, he shows impressive skill and dodges each challenge that is thrown at him. In order to prepare for the second invasion, Ender trains under Mazer Rackham himself to become a commander of his own fleet. Ender ends up defeating the buggers and winning the second invasion, only to find out that the
The theme of this novel has been to never discriminate nor formulate judgements or assumptions without having the right information or knowledge. This theme has been effectively used throughout the entire novel, yet is primarily used in the way Seth and Eli’s judgements and assumptions become demolished after learning the truth about the Droughtland and gaining their own experiences among the Droughtlanders. This created a strong message in which we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover without reading the pages within, shouldn’t label or stereotype others and ensure social equality. The author communicates this theme clearly with Eli when he first lays his eyes upon Triskelia, the prime rebel base for the Triskelians in the Droughtland. He says and feels like this about the base: “‘That’s Triskelia?’
The Genocidal Innocence Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game has sparked many controversial seminars that have produced numerous critical thinking questions. Were Andrew “Ender” Wiggin’s intentions actually good, and was his commited genocide actually guilty? Jon Kessel’s essay, Creating the Innocent Killer, brings up many points that the author of Ender’s Game tried to hide Ender’s crime by making the reader feel sympathy for his past. Many different essays argue that Ender has psychological damage from his past, has been manipulated into doing things he didn’t want to do, and also suffers from anger issue problems.
Ender Vs .The Game Enders Game is an amazing Science Fiction book. It’s about a young boy who is chosen to save mankind. He makes a lot of friends and enemies along the way that either try and help him or try to destroy him. In the end he looks at life from a different point of view.
Ender was chosen to go to battle school over Valentine and Peter, what is it about Ender that he has the qualifications to go to battle school while, Valentine and Peter does not have that disqualified them. I am analyzing Enders and peters characteristics and see why they did not get in to battle school while Ender did get in to battle school. Ender’s game is a very interesting concept about war against these aliens called buggers, and to defeat the buggers they are training this very intelligent child to command an army. The climax in this book is when Ender Wiggin defeats the buggers without even knowing, he thought it was a test; the situational irony was when he defeated the buggers he thought it was a test and he passed but in reality
In Ender’s Game, Colonel Graff states, “With Ender, we have to strike a delicate balance. Isolate him enough that he remains creative-otherwise he’ll adopt the system here and we’ll lose him. At the same time, we need to make sure he keeps a strong ability to lead. ”Graff is talking about his plans for Ender and how to make the perfect commander. This was the major story line throughout the novel.
Throughout the whole rollercoaster ride, it was apparent that the novel was written with a theme of unfairness and inequality along with bits of sarcasm along the way. For example, when Ender becomes a team commander, the odds are forever against him. Ender is given a squad of forty inexperienced early graduates and is expected to fight the odds that weigh heavily against him “I think you’ll be pleased with the quality of your soldiers. I hope you are, because we’re forbidding you to transfer any of them”(Card 194).
Ender is the commander of a major attack he doesn't even know is real. The movie does a fantastic job showing this scene. Ender is tricked into playing this “game” and goes along with the simulation. At the end of the scene he is told that he was won. Ender starts to cry and asks what they meant.
Who would have thought that a boy both violent and caring could save and eliminate a species? In the book Enders Game, Ender and he was no ordinary child, and his intellect was beyond any normal child. His life started to change as his monitor, a device that tracked what he did, was removed and he was forced to face with a long-time bully of his. As Ender gets pushed around, he hits a hard blow and gives no mercy to the boy if he ever wanted it to end. Surprisingly, the people in commands recognize his unfound talents and decided to train him in a school every boy would want to attend.
9. Ender is promoted to commander of the Dragon Army, an army with a superstitious record of losing ⅓ of all its battles. Ender is not allowed to trade any person and is given an entire army that knows little to nothing. Except for one kid named Bean, Bean is like Ender very intelligent and quick, but he is extremely cocky. During, practice Ender singles him out like Colonel Graff did to him.
After going into space for battle training, he becomes isolated from the other students immedetaly. Ender overcoming challenges finally begins to be accepted by the other students, only to be transferred and isolated again.
In the book, it is made completely clear that the system of both the Battle School and Command School are breaking Ender down, ultimately demonstrated by Ender being completely bedridden after the Third Invasion due to everything he’s endured. This also happens with the movie’s presentation of the characters, with more characters being sympathetic to Ender. This completely overrides a plot point in the book,
However, the majority of the battles he fights are constructed and orchestrated and controlled by the Adults. Ender lives in a military archetype which assumes humans are compliant, flexible, controllable pawns, tool to be used for the benefit of others. Ender’s insecurities,doubts and fears, as to why he is so isolated, how he is becoming more like petter, how he is an ostracized genius, all that sets him apart– make him diligent, sympathetic, preservant, resilient, flexible, and above all pliable, impressionable, malleable, qualities far more common in children. Supporting quote: “‘So what do we do now?’ asked Alai.
Books are the ideal way to introduce a reader to the many morals of the human society. In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Ender, is drafted by the international fleet to lead multiple fleets of ships in combat against an alien species, but he does not realize that he was drafted for that purpose. Ender is sent to Battle School, where he becomes a true archetypal leader, and he gains many valuable friends that help him along the way. At a hidden asteroid, Ender begins what he believes are simulations, but really is the Third Invasion.
Ender’s Game is a 1985 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Key. Set in the future where an insectoid alien species, the Formics (or the buggers), have attacked Earth twice with devastating results for the human species, Andrew “Ender” Wiggins is humanity's last hope. A child prodigy and main character of Ender’s Game, Ender is sent to Battle School to learn how to fight and destroy the buggers. He is chosen because his characteristics are perfect to be a commander. Some traits that are very important in making Ender who he is are his calculating judgments, creativity, and compassion.