In the book‚ Ender’s Game‚ a science-fiction novel by Orson Scott Card‚ the protagonist‚ Ender Wiggin displays intelligence and mercy which enables him to better understand his enemy and demonstrate the concept that we are all human. Ender is the youngest child of the Wiggin family‚ however‚ he is also a Third. This means that he was born to be used by the government. As a Third‚ Ender is merely seen as a project rather than a brilliant and talented child. In this scene‚ Ender is telling Valentine
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In the play Julius Caesar‚ Brutus loses touch with the Roman people because he is naive and inflexible in his beliefs‚ allowing himself to be easily manipulated by other characters in the play. This results in his misjudgement of the peoples’ reaction to Caesar’s death. Brutus losing touch with reality as a result of his ideals and inability to see things clearly is an entirely true view of his character in the play. Brutus strongly believes in the Roman Republic. He sees Caesar’s ambition as a
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We live in the twentieth century and the ever-evolving technology available to us is playing a large role in how we communicate with others‚ more than any other generation in history. We now have the ability to call someone instantly and it doesn’t matter if they are 10 feet away or 10‚000 feet away. There are many advantages to having a cell phone. For example‚ if you get into a car accident you can call 911 immediately and get help. And with the recent invention of smartphones we can hold all
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Food: Mere Myth or Magic Medicine? R. G. Berger ‚ S. Lunkenbein ‚ A. Ströhle & A. Hahn a a a b b Institute of Food Chemistry‚ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University‚ Callinstr. 5‚ Hannover‚ 30167‚ Germany b Nutrition Physiology and Human Nutrition Unit‚ Institute of Food Science and Home Economics‚ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Callinstr. 5‚ Hannover‚ 30167‚ Germany Available online: 03 Jun 2011 To cite this article: R. G. Berger‚ S. Lunkenbein‚ A. Ströhle & A. Hahn (2012): Antioxidants
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homework‚ their messy room‚ and maybe about their friends. In most cases‚ their concerns do not affect the entire world they inhabit. However‚ Ender Wiggins‚ the child protagonist of the award-winning novel Ender’s Game‚ worries over far more pressing issues. For example‚ Ender worries about the intelligent race whose destruction he facilitated. Ender’s Game is a poignant story about understanding other cultures and the values vs. the dangers of pushing children too far. Humanity as a whole frequently
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Ender’s Game is a science fiction novel about a young boy named Andrew “Ender” Wiggin. Orson Scott Card‚ the author‚ starts the book when Ender is only six years old‚ in a futuristic earth setting. Ender has two extremely smart siblings’ one sister named Valentine and one brother named Peter. In this futuristic earth all children wear a device on the back of their neck that allows military commanders to monitor their actions and intelligence. The reason this is done is because fifty years prior an
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The book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is a science fiction novel‚ about futuristic battles between earth and aliens. This book won the 1986 Nebula book award‚ 1986 Hugo best book award. The book Ender’s Game is about a boy named Ender who is pulled out of his home and put into battle school. He is a brilliant boy who learns the skills to fight against the enemies called the buggers. He is a prophet‚ but goes through internal issues in order to save humanity. Ender Wiggin has the archetype of
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Bob Ms.ZZ ENG-4U December‚ 06th‚ 2013 Corrupting forces of Deception Lies and deception lead to many actions that have disastrous consequences. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the theme of lies and deception is very significant to the plot. Hamlet is a play about the revenge of a the protagonist‚ the prince whose late father’s ghost visits him. Hamlet is told by his fathers ghost that the king was murdered by Claudius‚ Hamlets uncle in order to inherit the throne and also married Hamlet’s
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In Ender’s Game‚ euphemism is present while the government does not tell Ender the whole truth about his activities‚ which affects Ender’s actions drastically‚ proving euphemism alters people’s decisions. When Granger travels to Ender’s house to recruit Ender to help destroy the bugger aliens‚ he used tons of understatements to persuade Ender to come. Granger tells Ender that he will fight for Valentine‚ Ender’s sister‚ who will be saved from the possibility of dying but‚ Ender is really needed to
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underlying theme among these readings. Humans can sometimes have thinking patterns that can lead their thoughts down deceptive paths when trying to think analytically. One that was brought up in several readings and was also pointed out in class‚ was the deception of authority. People have been primed to believe what they are told by authority figures and to not ask questions. Realizing this and fighting against this habit‚ is a key part in being a well-educated scientist. The main idea here is that we have
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