Ender Wiggin Essays

Ender Wiggin is the third and final Wiggin child, only six-years-old at the beginning of the novel (and only eleven at the end of it). He is incredibly gifted, but extremely conflicted, and he represents the ego in this metaphor. “The ego develops from perceiving instincts to controlling them, from obeying instincts to inhibiting them” (Freud 32). The ego, in psychology, serves to bring the id’s desires into the physical world. In the context of personification, the ego is a combination of the id

Ender Wiggin is the main character and the protagonist in the book. Throughout the book he is having an identity crisis and does not truly know who he is. He knows his name and his age (most of the time) but he doesn’t know what type of person he is. He has two siblings, Valentine and Peter, who have played a big roll on what type of person he is. * Peter Wiggin is Ender 's older brother. He is a sociopath and takes pleasure in manipulating and brutalizing other children, especially Ender. He was

Ender Wiggin, the third of his family got selected by the international military forces to save to world from destruction. Before being chosen he had a monitor behind his neck that allows the leaders of the military see whatever Ender does. Ender has a borther, Peter and a sister, Valentine. They also had a monitor behind their neck but neither was selected. Also neither had the monitor longer than Ender and Peter got angry because of that. One day Ender got his monitor out of his neck. After it

Ender Wiggin has been a pawn in others’ lives his whole life. He never truly was given a real choice in anything, he was manipulated into thinking the choice the adults want him to make is the right decision. Kessler says Ender should not be pitied for being manipulated into committing genocide. Although many others feel that Ender had no part in deciding to kill all the Buggers, he thought it was just a “game.” First off, Ender has been physically and emotionally abused his whole life. Emotional

the whole entire world. One six year old kid must save us all, his name is Ender Wiggin. A race of aliens known as the Buggers seek to destroy earth and make it their colony, they are defeated due to a single commander, Mazer Rackham. By the threat of a third invasion occurs the international fleet finds that children can handle information the best, they start on training these kids to be the best combat specialists. Ender is chosen and trained, and surprisingly to the IF he is there best chance

Characters- Ender - Is the main character and is given that because he is chosen to save the world from the buggers. Peter - He is Enders evil and cruel evil brother. Valentine - She is Enders older sister and is the only person that truly loves him. Colonel Graff - He is the person that uses Ender to fight the buggers. Summary- Ender Wiggin is the third born in a family of children that are extremely intelligent, is chosen by international military forces to save the world from havoc and

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

“I am six years, nine months and twelve days old.”-Ender Wiggins Ch. 7 page 77. Ender Wiggins is a very intelligent boy who is the genius who will save the Earth. Ender is the only one of the “launchies” that is capable of defeating the aliens from attacking Earth again. Ender has two siblings, Peter who is really mean, but can be forgiving at some points. Then there is Valentine who is very sweet and looks out for Ender all of the time. Ender is a “third” which means he is the illegal third child

Essay I am gonna tell you my story and how I became a legend, I am a little boy named Ender Wiggins I am 8 years old, I know what you are thinking who would name their child ender.Well my real name is Andrew but I was given the name ender by my section leaders, Let me start from the beginning Where it all started Today is January 1, the year of 1978 I am an autistic kid with 2 siblings my sister Valentine who I love dearly has always been there for me she is 13 years old, but now I am starting to

is only a small boy, because the more Ender fears them, the more power they have over him. They want to make him feel absolutely worthless by calling him vulgar names. Ender decides to just ignore his classmates at first, because they can’t demoralize him if he doesn’t listen. Then the physical abuse comes in and Ender realizes that the only way to end this permanently is that he had to defeat them so their fear overpowers their hatred.

No one gets peace in the middle of war, and also, pressure. Being under pressure all the time isn´t healthy for anyone, especially for kids. Here, we´re talking about Ender Wiggins, a boy who was chosen to undergo studies at a military school. There, he is placed under pressure and military regime, because he is considered to be the last hope for humanity. He is trained to fight and control spaceships, to use them against an invading alien force. However, the pressure he is under, and also the

its inability to correctly convey the main character, Ender Wiggins feeling as he moves up rank in the International Fleet. The movie presented various pieces of rising action which cheapened the thrill of the climax, and in ways when compared to the book, was somewhat ironic. In the book, there are three main characters: Ender, Valentine, and Peter. However, in the movie the crucial characters were Ender, Valentine, and Petra. Ender Wiggin, is a boy who is six as the book embarks, but is thirteen

adults who fail to protect. The leaders who tell brutal lies. Ender Wiggin, a third, has to suffer all of these to save the human race from the buggers. At the beginning of this science fiction novel, Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card, Ender Wiggin faced a difficult choice. He was bullied by Stilson, a school boy, who pushed Ender. Ender decided that he had no choice except fight back, so he knocked Stilson to the ground. However, Ender realized that he could walk away and expect to face him again

Although Ender and I both understand what it is like to have a relationship with our own siblings, Ender's relationship with his older siblings proves to be very toxic: "There was no getting to him. Peter was a murderer at heart, and nobody knew it but Valentine and Ender" (ch. 2). Throughout the book it becomes evident that Ender's relationship with his siblings isn't the best, which is shown in how the siblings tiptoe around one another: trying not to say the wrong thing, not really trusting each

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. Calculating Judgments For someone so young, Ender is exceptionally calculating. In almost the

actions such as words during a fight against someone. In Ender’s Game, a boy named Ender Wiggin trains for a war in the Battle and Command School and encounters fights where his best option is violence. Violence is necessary because people need violence in order to win, to protect them, and because the lack of violence leads to loss. Violence is useful for winning a fight for example during the fight against Stilson, “Ender knew the unspoken rules of manly warfare even though he was only six. It was forbidden

1. Ender Wiggin is called “Third” because he is a third child authorized by the government. He was used as an experiment, but since the monitor was gone, it shows that he didn’t work out. It seems Ender doesn’t mind being a Third because it’s not his fault, although he is teased because he is a Third. He became a normal person when his monitor was taken out. 2. Ender is intelligent because, as the narrator states, “He always knew the answer, even when she thought he wasn’t paying attention.”, (Card

It only takes 15lbs of pressure to crush someones testicals; Ender strikes both Stilson and Bonzo in the balls at full force… just think about that for a second. Ender’s Game is about a young boy who is chosen to lead an assault against an alien home world that once tried to invade Earth. throughout the book and movie we see how Ender is isolated and sculpted into the best commander possible; and how he destroys the alien planet. Although both the book and the movie are good, the book is definitely

“Trap trap trap duck down don't go! Spencer heard the first ping like the break of a light bulb and one simple buzz. Spencer had realised he had made a huge mistake he was out in front a good target.” (Hughes 151). There are many similarities and differences between dieter and Spencer. Some are their attitude, motivation, and families. Through the book Soldier Boys dieter and Spencer have many differences and similarities. As you go throughout the book you may not realize all the similarities that

to throw Ender in unfair situations to see what he does and rank them by the increase of difficulty. Anderson disagrees and states that the game is everything at Battle School and if they change it, everything will be ruined, but Graff says that they have to prepare the soldiers for the next bugger war. Unlike Salamander Army, Rat Army has no discipline whatsoever and the commander, who is Rose the Nose, is too laid back. Dink Meeker is one of the toon leaders of Rat Army and asks for Ender to join