helps us identify manipulation as a commonly recurring theme in this novel. One of the first things noted when reading this book was the peculiarity of the protagonist’s name–Ender. When Ender is traveling on a spaceship to Battle School‚ Colonel Graff addresses Ender as ‘Ender’
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Today’s society is ever changing. Everyday there is some new game or app. There is a new way to everything and most people are perfectly fine with that. Along with technology there is another thing changing in society‚ gender and social roles and the equality that comes with it. People are still fighting to this day because women are not held to the same standard as men. Men are also not help to the same standard as women in some cases. Transgender people are not held to the same standard as everyone
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Ender’s Game Journal Entries Chapter 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
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The Little‚ Brown Compact Handbook with Exercises. 8th ed. New York: Pearson Longman‚ 2012. Print. Textbooks: Behrens‚ Laurence and Leonard J. Rosen. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. 12th ed. Pearson‚ 2012. Print. AND Graff‚ Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say‚ I Say. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton and Co.‚ 2014. Print. Additional Resources: Pearson Writer. Pearson Education‚ Inc. New York: Pearson Longman‚ 2012. Web. (Access included with course registration) General
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Counterterrorism and the Constitution: Does Providing Security Require a Trade-Off with Civil Liberties." Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Conflicting Perspectives on Causes‚ Contexts‚ and Responses. Washington‚ DC: CQ‚ 2010. 336-69. Print. Graff‚ Garrett M. The Threat Matrix: The Fbi at War in the Age of Terror. New York: Little‚ Brown and Company‚ 2011. Print. Mueller‚ John. "Terrorism since 9/11: The American Cases." Political Science | OSU. N.p.‚ 17 June 2012. Web. 9 Dec. 2012. . Neumann
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of constant manipulation and mind games. Battle and Command School were no different than Earth in this aspect. On Earth Ender was bullied and manipulate into doing what he wants by Enders evil older brother Peter‚ while at Battle School‚ Colonel Graff the head administrator never failed to lie to Ender‚ only tell him half the truth and additionally manipulate him‚ When Ender got to his last training program Command School Ender was manipulated and lied to in a way he could not even begin to
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Mary Nejatifar Ms. Graff English 11H October 11‚ 2012 Colonization in America Some of the first Europeans to explore and settle in the New World were the English Puritans. In the 17th century‚ a man called John Winthrop traveled to Massachusetts Bay along with many other Puritans. With troubles with the Church of England‚ this group of people wanted to launch new lives on a new continent. To support their desires‚ John Winthrop offered several reasons and arguments to support moving
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Well first off‚ what is a blue collar job or a blue collar employee? The first thing that may come to one’s minds is a person without a diploma working in a restaurant serving guests in hopes of earning their gratuity by the end of each guest’s meal. Meals in a fast food restaurant would not available if it were not for the blue collar workers working those IHOP or Chik-Fil-A equipment each day. Blue collar jobs are needed to maintain society in America. Life as Americans know it would be much different
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Q1. From the fact that Ender’s parents had to receive permission to have a third child‚ I can imply that extreme global population growth has affected Earth in a negative way. Overpopulation created harm to the earth’s natural resources and environment‚ causing the government to take action and issue a two-child policy‚ where families with more than two children are penalized. In Ender’s Game‚ the term "third" is used degradingly and to dehumanize the third child in a family. This can be seen when
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One example‚ is how the I.F. put monitors on children and then if qualified sent to Battle School to train. This shows the theme of how the government in the story was too controlling and had a lot of power. Ender’s life was controlled by Colonel Graff at the Battle school. He was not protected while there and he was isolated from everyone else. Ender was not given much of a choice to become this leader. Another example is when Dink told Ender that the real enemies are the teachers. Ender was put
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