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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There have been many times in human history were empires have crumbled because they lost their way. Whether it is because of corruption in politics‚ ideological views or religion‚ society has had its’ share of setbacks. Over time‚ new civilizations have sprung up out of the ashes of old ones‚ and sometimes these new civilizations are all the better for it. Today’s society has made the same mistakes‚ which has cause us to lose our way‚ and the only way we can truly regain it is to live outside our
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Poetry Book By: Aaron Bastian English Period. 4 Mrs. Seeck 1/09/13 Speaker For The Dead written by: Orson Scottcard My Depart By: Ender Wiggin The time has come for me to go To leave this place I have called home It’s beautiful snowy landscape of mountains and seas where the cold of the climate is outdone only by the warmth of togetherness It will soon be but a memory the thought of abandoning my beloved Valentine for whom I care for like no other forces me to remember
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Firstly‚ the battle room makes the children enemies with another army. While Dink is having a conversation with Ender at the dining hall‚ Dink suggests: “ ‘They get us to fight each other‚ to hate each other. The game is everything. Win win win. It amounts to nothing. We kill ourselves trying to beat each other…’ ” (Card 143). The battleroom is a simulation of
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infer has happened to society to get to this point? 2. One of the themes of Ender’s Game is the isolation of the gifted child. How is Ender isolated? Is the isolation Col. Graff puts him in justified? 3. Is genocide‚ or in the case of Ender’s Game where an entire alien race is annihilated‚ xenocide‚ ever justified? Was the xenocide of the buggers inevitable? 4. Does Ender redeem himself from his violent actions towards humans? What about the buggers? Why or why not? (Notice this is a two part question)
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After reading many novels throughout my life I would place‚ The Shadow Lines‚ by Amitav Ghosh‚ in my top 10 list. The novel is based on the narrator who was English educated but Indian born. The narrator illustrates and shares his views of foreign countries which he has never been to with other characters in the novel. Even though the narrator is English educated his values‚ ethics‚ and culture is more Indian than an American. Many of us now notice that when a person migrates from one country
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Orson Scott Card Ender was treated in a bad way he was bullied by kids and school and by his big brother. In chapter 1 Ender had gotten into a fight with a boy in his school. The boys name was Stilson Ender had kicked the boy in the groin‚ also in the face and ribs. He had broken the little boys ribs. In chapter 4 Ender had gotten into another fight with a boy during the launch. He had gotten into this fight because Graff had been talking good about him in front of the other boys. Ender had broken the
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fiction novel. The book starts off with Ender living with his parents and he gets in to a fight and kills a member of a gang who will not stop tormenting him. Ender has a monitor in his head so the administration can understand his thoughts; his brother used to have a monitor too. Ender is sent off to do training for the military. He is quickly promoted to the salamander squadron and continually wins all the contests he competes in. The administration picks Ender to be the captain of a game that simulates
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Sherbs 12/21/10 Period 6 Schultz Peter Progresses Ender’s brother‚ Peter‚ is an aggressive and emotional person. Peter expresses his anger toward Ender by physically abusing him. Peter also threatens to harm Ender multiple times. He believes that Ender is a third and should not be as intelligent as he is. Peter also neglects Ender‚ but then when Ender is crying in his room Peter comforts him as an older brother should. However‚ Peter exhibits himself as an emotional troubled child throughout the
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change or stay the same. In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card‚ the main character Ender Wiggin has to save the world from the buggers and along the way he faces different situations. In the novel‚ Ender Wiggin is usually a compassionate nice young boy. Individuals change when they are put into various different situations. These changes are seen in the novel through the actions of the main character Ender. This will be proven by looking at how people change according to the situations faced
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