The chapter opens with Graff and a military authority talking about Ender. They say that Ender seems to be in trouble. Ender’s group is split up in and Ender is stuck at this part called the “Giant’s Drink” from his mind game. Graff and the military authority connect this game to a boy who had killed himself. Later, Ender and the other Launchies are in the Battle Room. They take time to get used to no gravity with their heavy suits. Ender starts exploring and meets Bernard’s best friend, Alai. Alai introduces himself and ender realizes that they can become great friends. Alai is then chosen leader of his group. Now that Alai is leader, Bernard has no value as leader in his group. In Ender’s free time, he plays a game called Free Play. He isn’t…
Inside Delta Force is the autobiography of Eric Haney. Eric Haney was one the original members of Americas elite counter-terrorism unit. The autobiography follows Haney through his experiences as a Delta Operator, whether they be joyful, or heart breaking.…
Gavin Hood's adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game was an okay film it was neither great and neither was it bad. The movie does not include how the buggers communicate with each other, and battle school looks different from what I pictured it to be. The movie makes look the same and just move some things around. The way the movie shows the battle room is still pretty cool, because you can float around and do some awesome things while floating around. In the book the battle room would change the environment every time after a battle was finished. The battle room has these big led squares for cover. In the book ender did use the cover that had led lights on them, but he also used himself as camouflage,…
Second, in the book of Ender’s Game the aliens that they were fighting were referred to as buggers, and in the movie, they were referred to as formants. Third, the moment of when Bean had come into the story. In the book, Bean was put into Ender’s army, which was Dragon army and in the movie, Bean was a launchie with Ender…
Anderson and Graff have an argument about setting battle room scenarios unfair or not. Ender is placed in the Rat Army. The commander, Rose De Nose, immediately hates Ender and warns Ender to stop practicing with the Launchies. Ender sees Dink, (Ender is assigned to Dink’’s platoon) as a kind soul,but is suspicious sometimes because of Dink’s actions. Ender and Dink talk one day and Ender finds out that Dink was promoted twice, but refused to be commander because he didn’t believe in school. Dink says the real enemy is the teacher, not the students. Dink doesn’t want the adults to ruin his childhood and life. Dink tells Ender that he thinks the Buggers have vanished and the school is running to keep the I.F. in charge. Ender doesn’t believe…
Paul Bäumer is a German, young boy, who, together with his classmates, enlists for the army to fight in the Great War. Full of enthusiasm and adventurous thoughts, they arrive at the front, but then are faced with the horrific and soul-destroying war. One by one the classmates are fall in action……
In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott, a new war is coming. The government selects a young boy to leave his family and train himself for battle. Through the plot, two prominent characteristics developed. After finished the book, the two main traits of the main character, Ender Wiggin, are valiant and tormented.…
Through his observations, Joseph Campbell discovered a pattern called the Hero’s Cycle, in which no matter the culture all heroes follow. In the book, Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card, the main character Ender follows the typical Hero’s Cycle. In Ender’s world the humans are planning to destroy their alien enemy the Buggers. When Ender was six years old the government sent him off to Battle School, the first step in making him into a someone that could command the human army against the Buggers. Because of his talents, and the government's despair, he progressed at a quicker rate than the others. He graduates from Battle School at an early age and progresses to the highest school called Command School. At the age of 12 while doing what…
The book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a science fiction novel, about futuristic battles between earth and aliens. This book won the 1986 Nebula book award, 1986 Hugo best book award. The book Ender’s Game is about a boy named Ender who is pulled out of his home and put into battle school. He is a brilliant boy who learns the skills to fight against the enemies called the buggers. He is a prophet, but goes through internal issues in order to save humanity. Ender Wiggin has the archetype of a hero in the book. He had to do some terrible things in order to save himself and humanity but he was put into situations where that was the only thing he could’ve done. Like when he was put into the showers with no supervision. While he did kill an entire species he isn't to blame for this xenocide.…
Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet On The Western Front is arguably one of the finest war novels today read by thousands of high school students every year. This story portrays the life of a soldier in the German army during World War One, fighting against the Central Powers Through the eyes of the protagonist, Paul Bäumer, readers get an insight on the horrors of war and the effects it has on the ones participating. In All Quiet On The Western Front, Remarque utilizes boots and books to reveal that war’s brutality induces the desensitization of the young soldiers involved consequently bringing about a generation of outcasts that can no longer fit into…
The novel begins by introducing Miles Halter, an introverted kid who decides to leave his home and attends Culver Creek in Alabama, in order to seek a Great Perhaps. Starting his first year at Culver Creek High School, Chip “The Colonel”, his roommate gives Miles the nickname of “Pudge”. His acquaintances with the Colonel, Alaska Young, “The hottest girl in all of human history” and Takumi, a Japanese student with a southern accent eventually blossom into friendships, and together they make mischief (in the form of pranks, drinking and smoking cigarettes).…
Imagine if, from the age of six, you grew up in a school where the smartest kids in the world were trained to be ruthless military commanders, and on top of that the school is in outer space. That was the world Ender Wiggin grew up in. I don't know about you but that doesn't sound like a normal childhood to me. Let me explain, the year is roughly 2100, In order to develop an unbreakable defense against an aggressive alien race's next offensive, government agencies make child geniuses and train them as commanders. An ingenious child, Andrew “Ender” Wiggin lives with his sadistic older brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anybody else, his older sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were also contenders for the battle school program…
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive. Staring hungrily at them through the school bus windows, the "Creeper" returns again and again. But when the teammates discover that it's selective about whom it attacks, it will test their ability to stick together – as the…
The difference between therapeutic community environment and boot camp is that therapeutic community environment is a facility that usually treats drug addictions, mental illness, and personality disorders. Boot camp is like military training not only does it teach you respect, but also teaches you how to control anger, have morals, and teaches respect so that an individual stays away from negativity in their life. I feel that both programs are very effective because therapeutic can help with treatment for those who are in trouble with drugs, but also help those who have serious mental issues. Boot camp is for those type who hates society including themselves. I believe boot camp would benefit those who have no respect for society. It can…
There are 12 districts, where a young boy and a girl get chosen or volunteer to fight against each other and the last person standing will be the winner.…