Chapter1 “Third” 1.Ender is called the “Third” because he is the third child in his family. Ender does not care if he is a Third because when his classmates called him a Third he smiled. 2. I know Ender is intelligent because of the textual evidence in the chapter. The textual evidence is‚ “He always knew the answer‚ even when she thought he wasn’t paying attention‚” (Scott‚ card4). This text shows that he is smart and always knows the answer. 3.Ender fears teasing from other kids without the monitor
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Throughout all of Ender’s Game the main protagonist‚ Ender is set up to become the hero that saves the human race from the evil buggers. Enders ends up annihilating the entire bugger race and becomes a hero on earth for his actions. The debate whether Ender should be considers a hero or a mass killer is for his actions are fierce and passionate between readers. I believed that Ender should not be portrayed as a hero for the actions he did‚ considering he did not attempt to understand the buggers
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the novel Enders Game the author Orson Scott Card shows us a complete different world than we are used to. Set into the future‚ the world has just recovered from a devastation alien war that was won by a fluke of luck by our soldiers. Although this time we will strike back‚ in preparation for the upcoming “Bugger” war the worlds smartest children get drafted to join the battle school program set in space to learn combat form an early age. One of these kids happened to be Andrew “Ender” Wiggin‚ the
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Card‚ the main character‚ Ender Wiggin eventually becomes the hero of the human race. The story starts with Ender‚ a third child‚ living with his sister Valentine and his brother Peter. Ender constantly lives in fear with his brother because he is not only rough on Ender‚ but borderline abusive. Valentine‚ on the other hand‚ is filled with kindness and cares for Ender. One day‚ a man who belongs to the “ International Fleet” comes to his house and asks to see Ender. Ender was chosen to be part of
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was written by Orson Scott Card. This novel is about a brilliant military strategist‚ Ender Wiggin‚ whose story takes place in the future where there is a constant threat of an invasion from aliens who have been given the slanderous nickname‚ Bugger. Ender’s childhood is not an easy one considering he gets teased at school for being a “third” only to come home to an abusive brother who is always harassing Ender and his sister Valentine and he has the weight of the world on his shoulders because they
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Born To Lead In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card‚ the main character Ender is put up against one of the toughest challenges on his life. He becomes aware of his challenge when he becomes a little older‚ yet before that‚ little did he know that he will have to save the world. Ender in Enders Game is portrayed as a natural leader and fighter who is a killer at heart and can use his understanding of the enemy and natural skill to kill to destroy them. However‚ once he understands his enemy
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Ender is different than most other kids in many different ways‚ he has potential to do great things no others can‚ but he needed that little push let his skills come to use‚ so that is why he was isolated. The isolation Ender went through resulted in his individual strength and self-discovery‚ which meant he was transformed into the ideal soldier that the I.F authorities were seeking for. During Ender’s isolation‚ he realizes who he truly is while being alone‚ he builds up his inner and outer strength
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they are heroic or villainous. Ender always thinks about how to stop someone who isn’t good to those around other people. In Ender’s Game‚ by Orson Scott Card‚ Ender is characterized throughout the novel as a hero. In chapters 1-4‚ Ender is defined as a hero by his thoughts at elementary school and at home. For example‚ after Ender had his monitor removed‚ Stilson‚ a malicious student that went to school with Ender‚ brought a group of kids and started a fight with Ender; went up to him and tried to
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boy named Andrew Wiggin‚ nicknamed Ender‚ a genius child who does the wrong things for the right reasons. The book was full of psychological thrills and requires a fair amount of intelligence to understand the decisions made in the story. The decisions made by Ender are crucial plot points in the book. Things as simple to defense against bullies to simulated attacks against the Formics‚ an alien race‚ could change the fate of everyone. The book starts as Ender is about to get his monitor taken out
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Do you think you could handle having the fate of the world in your hands? Well‚ this prodigy of a kid called Ender Wiggin did not think he could handle it‚ he could not even handle fighting with his brother Peter. In the book Enders Game‚ a science fiction novel‚ Ender Wiggin is called upon to train in the International Fleet to become a commander and fight against the buggers. In his journey he faces many obstacles in trying to do so. I believe the book Ender’s Game is much better than the film
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