Peter talks about how Ender is now normal. The boys play the Buggers and Astronauts game. Peter wins. Peter talks about how he will kill Ender one day but no one will know it was him. Chapter 3: Graff Characters: * Ender * Mother * Peter * Father * Valentine * Colonel Hyrum Graff Society Things * The I.F. (International Fleet) * Noncomplying Families Act * Battle Room * Battle school * Buggers Descriptions: * War games- all the boys are organize
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beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do 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
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You didn’t want me‚ you bastards‚ you wanted Peter‚ but you made me do it‚ you tricked me into it!’ He was crying. He was out of control.” (Card 391) This quote explains the fact that he was deceived. He didn’t want to kill all the buggers‚ Colonel Graff told him it was a simulator and that no damage would be caused by this. He is a person who is kind hearted and does things for the right
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Gage would agree with this because he had his teacher‚ Miss Hurd‚ try to help him improve with his writing skills. The next author was Malcolm X. His writing was also about his life. He wrote about how he was illiterate while he was in prison‚ but to pass his time he decided to learn how to become literate. He started this by reading the dictionary. While he read the dictionary‚ he would copy each word down so‚ with time he would memorize the words in the dictionary. Eventually‚ he learned better
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he was embarrassed at his parent of lack of education. The schools want him become a machine that memorize textbooks and spits out word for word. That causes students become smarter‚ but they are not able to come up with their own thoughts. Gerald Graff‚ author of “Disliking books at an early age”‚ talks about a little boy who does not read for school and dislike reading. The author uses an excuse as a fear of bullied in school and a fact that he got raised
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Logan Gaskey Film Paper: Ender’s Game When I walked into the movie theater‚ there were a good amount of people that came to see it. They all seemed to have a feeling of anticipation for this movie adaptation of the novel. I bet that most of the people that were in the theater the night that I went to watch it all read the book about‚ so they know what they are getting into and the book has been out for a while so needed to have established some sense of familiarity with the movie. I noticed
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too violent. Peter is four years older than Ender. Colonel Graff‚ the commander of the Battle School‚ offers Ender a position at Battle School. He explains to Ender and his family that Ender’s reaction to the bullying and the removal of the monitor was part of Ender’s assessment. Battle School is located on a ship in earth’s orbit. On the flight there Ender shows Colonel Graff that he understands how zero gravity works in space. Graff separates Ender from his classmates‚ and Ender has few friends
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isolation‚ which is caused by Graff on purpose‚ however he has learned a lesson from Graff that in this world the one he can really rely on is himself. Later on he unfolds his progress that he modifies the isolated situation. As a result‚ Ender’s developing self-reliance is setting up his mind to be strong enough to face the difficulty in the future‚ but it does not interference building up his ability of cooperation. In scene four‚ to make Ender understand his position‚ Graff gives his statement that
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In the article‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Gerald Graff‚ is arguing that street smart people are unable to apply their intelligence to academic work. Graff wants schools to expand avenues of what is taught in class. Graff expresses that the educated life is narrow and exclusive with subjects and text that are boring and heavy. I believe schools should allow students to learn about topics that interest them. Schools should create a setting where no subject is discriminated. If we talk about actual
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the “Virtues” of “fake” news‚ Zinser states‚ “If viewers simply parrot what they happen to hear on The Daily Show‚ How can they be expected to make informed decisions about public policy? As the saying goes‚ ’a little knowledge can be dangerous’. (Graff 371)” This statement is completely true; if the public is not correctly informed or only has a fraction of the information‚ then they cannot make informed decisions. He goes on to say that more than the “fake” news The Daily Show airs during an episode
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