overlapping theme of psychological effects of war. Andrew “Ender” Wiggins‚ an adolescent genius‚ was chosen to go to battle school to train and to learn to eventually go to war against the buggers. Every kid had a monitor in their neck that the I.F. used to observe
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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 six
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themselves in performing a broad range of flawless and latest functions‚ such as blogging‚ e-mailing‚ and browsing. The author‚ Orson Scott Card‚ successfully conceived the portrayal of future where the parent’s computer is used by the siblings of Ender‚ specifically two children‚ in setting up and writing blog. Their act of using the computer makes them quite influential owing to the readers having no idea about their childhood state. Though it could not be seemed so impressive‚ yet it is considered
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Discussion Questions – ENDER’S GAME Discussion question 1. How is Ender moulded into a ‘hero’? By whom? In what ways is this treatment appropriate or inappropriate? Give evidence from the text. Ender is moulded in various ways through different people. Some give him a negative influence and others a positive influence. However in numerous accounts and different stages of his heroic adventure two different groups specifically influence him and those are his family and the battle school.
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feeling of discomfort and alienation is highlighted in the film‚ with Morpheus emphasising Neo’s discomfort and uneasiness with the world around him by comparing it to a “splinter in the mind.” This discomfort with surroundings is acutely felt by Ender from Card’s
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writing awards (University of Utah). In summary‚ the plot of the novel is a story about a young child‚ Ender Wiggin‚ taken away from his family by the International Fleet (a world order devoted to protecting the planet from space invaders) in order to train him to be a military genius to defend the human race from an alien species (Buggers) that has already attacked Earth twice. At the end of the novel Ender kills the entire bugger race but does not know it until after the defeat because he believes he
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12. Discuss the characteristic features of the experimental prose in 1960-2000 on chosen examples. Experimental literature refers to written works - often novels or magazines - that place great emphasis on innovations regarding technique and style. Naked Lunch is a novel by William S. Burroughs‚ a complete American edition(1962). • The book is structured as a series of loosely-connected vignettes. Burroughs himself stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader
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Command school is on an old formic planet. Ender is sent to a fort on the planet. When Ender wakes up he is met by Mazar Rakhem who shoes him what happens after he defeated the Formic’s before. He learns that there is a pattern with the Formic’s; he learns that there is a queen ship which controls all the others. If they got rid of the queen the rest of them just quit and die. Ender is later on put into a simulation with Petra‚ Bean‚ Bernard and Ali. They go through
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change ourselves.(Brainy Quotes) Being a psychiatrist‚ Viktor Frankl knew a lot about human beings changing themselves. In the book Ender’s Game‚ Ender meets a man named Graff. Graff’s main objective is to train Ender to save the world from the buggers. Graff changes from a cold hearted man to an empathetic and caring person who feels guilt and remorse or Ender at the end of the novel. Colonel Graff is a fascinating character in the book‚ Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. He displays many different
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whelming theme throughout Ender’s Game is empathy. Ender uses this great ability of empathy to eventually become the leader he is destined to be. Starting at a young age‚ seen through his first incident at school with Stilson‚ Ender follows a philosophy of winning for all time. Winning just that single battle is never enough for him‚ to him he needs to finish his enemy completely so he will never have to fight them again. By believing and acting this way Ender is constantly questioning if he is nothing more
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