the cost of his own sanity. Another aspect that made Ender a good leader was his drive to be‚ not only good‚ but also superior. When he confided in Bean‚ he stated that he felt he could not lose any of the battles‚ for some reason that he did not reveal. This drive was so ingrained in Ender’s personality that he either did not understand it himself‚ or was so personal that he didn’t wish to reveal it to even his closest companions. This gave Ender a certain fervor that obviously boosted the rest of
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ridiculed Bean for his abnormal size‚ expected him to be inferior to all the other students‚ and some wished for him to be kicked out. Nevertheless‚ Bean had demonstrated how he was considerably smarter than every kid enrolled in Battle School‚ even Ender‚ through his grades‚ actions‚ and analytical skills. Another incident in which someone evaluated another person solely on appearance was when Bean determined that Achilles was an insufficient bully to protect Poke’s family solely on the fact that he
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1: Question 2 Ender is a third‚ a third child‚ he is monitored by the government and can think like a adult‚ for example he could predict what would happen if he didn’t beat up Stilson and ran away. He is harassed daily both physically and mentally because he was a third‚ no one will be able to understand the humiliation Ender faces unless you to are a third.‚ so when it came down to the fight with Stilson‚ he just wanted it to stop‚ even though it means breaking rules. All Ender wants is peace
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people can gain too much power from technology. An example of this scenario is Valentine Wiggin. When she was writing articles online under the name “Demosthenes” Valentine reflects: “The fun letters‚ from national bank and international leaders sometimes hostile‚ sometimes friendly alway
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and your misperceptions could cause you to become enemies. The same concept applies in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card‚ but the outcome is devastating. Ender Wiggin‚ a six year old genius‚ battled everyday with the conflict brought on by his hateful brother‚ Peter‚ who did everything in his power to weaken Ender. The tension heightened when Ender remained the only one of three children to be monitored by the government. Because of this monitoring‚ the government took notice of his analytical mind
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individual from the previous chapter. The conversation is based around the idea that Ender appears to be in trouble due to the fact that his launch group is split apart and he is still stuck at the “Giant’s Drink” portion of a game‚ which the soon men discuss. The two men make reference to a boy who killed himself‚ through Graff insinuates that the death had nothing to do with the mind game. Graff is then ordered to leave Ender with his launch group for further observation‚ though Graff wants to take another
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Ender’s Game is a science-fiction novel that follows a child named Ender‚ and his story on being trained from a early age to be a military captian to fight “buggers” that have been encountered in space by humans while exploring the universe‚ as he struggles to find logical reasoning as why all of the training is happening to him PLOT Far into the future‚ where humans have started exploring the universe more vastly‚ humans encounter a alien race the book calls “buggers”. Eventually there is a outbreak
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AND THEME OF THE NOVEL: Ender’s Game‚ by Orson Scott Card‚ is the story of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin‚ a third born child in a prejudiced‚ futuristic world‚ as he is recruited to train at battle school to fight the “buggers”‚ an alien species that previously tried to wipe out the human race. Little does he know that Colonel Graff‚ the commander of battle school‚ is the puppet master of a scheme to brutally train Ender to lead the human armies to wipe out the buggers; which he unknowingly does. To avoid
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In the book “A Lesson Before Dying” Grant Wiggins‚ an educated black man who returns home to his Cajun plantation quarter community to teach‚ undergoes a dramatic transformation. The events that precipitate such changes in Grant begin with a request for him to teach Jefferson‚ a young black man convicted of murder‚ that he is indeed worthy to be called a man. This is significant because Grant himself retains negative feelings towards himself due to the disrespect towards anyone black‚ educated
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something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you’re good for. We might both do despicable things‚ Ender‚ but if humankind survives‚ then we were good tools." Graff is explaining to Ender the philosophy behind everything they are doing. Although Ender does not know it at the time‚ this is the same reasoning that the adults will use to manipulate the children time and time again. Ender objects to this idea‚ because he believes that people are more than just tools‚ but nevertheless it is the
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