Ender's Game Chapter Summary

In the book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card the book itself is a science fiction. In the book it is based in the future were they where attacked by aliens and soon Earth was prepared for another attack from the aliens. The brightest minds go goes to school to train to be a fighter pilot Ender was one of them. Ender's brother and sister Peter and Valentine used to go to school like ender did but were cut. Peter is a boy that likes bullying and killing things. Valentine on the other hand likes is very fond of Ender.One of the conflicts is when Ender is stripped of and sent home when he leaves he finds bullys conering him into a classroom he fights his way out and keeps on kiking the bully till he promised him that he would not bother him

When Ender finds out that he killed a whole race he is angry and says “’I didn’t want to kill anybody! I’m not a killer!”’(297).Throughout his journey Ender thinks that he is a replica of Peter. This is one of the many instances where Ender feels his whole persona is being manipulated into a copy of Peter by leaders at Battle School. Once Ender recognizes that most of his choices have been influenced by commanders such as Colonel Graff he decides to make a decision of his own by finding the buggers a new home.

Using one person for the sake of a whole species overwhelmingly overrules any other approach, long term, and short term. From a pragmatic point of view, the decision the International Fleet made had close to zero negative outcomes. Even though Ender did suffer bitter psychological impacts, nothing thrown at him threatened to take his life. As a matter of fact, the post traumatic effects lead him to discover his raison d’étre, and build an empathetic character from his first-hand experiences with bullying, isolation, and manipulation. Not only did Ender go on to govern a new settlement after the war, he became the founder of a prominent religion and set off to find the buggers a new home. Ender was a tool used by the IF. Nonetheless, he was a tool that found a meaning in

The two unknown people start up this chapter, one talking about how he would isolate Ender at the school so he wouldn’t lose him. Right away, Ender feels separated from the rest of the boys at the Battle School, since he doesn’t feel like speaking to the other boys as they laugh and joke around. He imagined himself starring in an interview as the spokesman for the rest of the boys. He wanted to say how much he missed Valentine, not knowing about the censorship.

Ender is given a brief vacation and a chance to visit Valentine. Then he is taken to Eros, a planet once belonging to the buggers, and is introduced to Mazer Rackham. Mazer is the hero of the second invasion, the one who saved mankind. Mazer puts Ender through many simulated battles where he is able to command entire fleets. As the battles progress, they get more and more difficult. One battle, many officers are watching Ender fight a battle with impossible odds. As Ender wins the battle it became apparent to him that it was very real. As well as all the other supposed simulations. The teachers tried to explain to him that they needed him to think it was

In the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, it starts with ender in school and being made fun of. After he beats up a bully, he goes home to deal with his brother Peter who also bullies him because Ender is a better specimen than Peter was. But what no one expected was that a representative from the military came to invite Ender to Battle School up in space. Ender accepted and went to live up in Battle School for years to come. At first, Ender was hated for being such a talented student at the age of six but was soon respected after he was able to beat all the other armies with just a bunch of little kids. Ender became the best soldier at Battle School and was moved up to Command School where he would learn to command

Games played throughout the story include “Buggers and astronauts” and the Battle School competitions, but I just want to focus on the last game Ender plays: the actual war. Spoiler alert! I tried to avoid spoilers, I really did, but you can kill me after you finish reading this article. During this last game, Ender leads his team in what appears to be an ordinary battle

The novel and the film share common themes throughout themselves, one specific theme is Ender's opinion on The Government and adults in general. He heavily expresses his hatred for adults, including his parents throughout the book and movie. He feels as though they betrayed him therefore causing him to lack trust in all adults, this foreshadows the bad relationships he will form with important figures throughout the story. Ender dislikes any elder before knowing anything about them all because of the past. Ender believes that The Government is lying in multiple occasions, he claims that their only tactic is to enroll kids into an army and teach them to feud and kill other children that they’re battling. The children are told this is the way to live a successful life, they fail to inform the soldiers about who they are fighting, who will survive, and how to ensure survival. The Government tests these kids on their ability to attack one another, as they isolate them from all family and friends causing them to be lonely and unsure of what the outcome of this battle school will be.

Ender is one of the best commanders the International Fleet has ever wanted. He is put through the physical task that no battle student has ever done before. At Battle School, Ender is the commander of the dragon army, and is pressured everyday to compete in a battle against another army. Ender wins seven out of the seven battles he played in a week (Card 186). This shows Ender’s intellect over his irrationality and emotion. It also shows a new train of thought, because no other army is put through these stressful battle situations. When Ender takes part in the commander school training, there is a part where Ender unleashes against Petra (Card 284). Ender let his emotions get to him as they normally do. Ender sometimes lets his emotions too much, rather than think, he does irrational stuff. Ender is a good for David Hartwell’s idea, but yet he contradicts it. Ender finds himself in a hard situation. He decides to go and restart the bugger colony. This scientific advancement that Ender wants to bring to the buggers is pessimistic for the International Fleet, and they cannot do anything to stop

The relationship between individuals in the community in Ender's Game can be seen as uncooperative because the community does not worry about the individual; they just worry about the world being safe. Ender is viewed as someone who is easily manipulated, by his own family members and also the people at battle school. In the book, community matters more than the individuals, even a teacher at the IF can see the reality. He is tired of using children and realizes it's the wrong thing to do, he says "My eagerness to sacrifice little children in order to save mankind is wearing thin" (Card, 174). He realizes this after he has done harm to other children. Ender's relationship with the IF is troublesome because the IF is pushing Ender to be the

Ender only kills/fights to protect himself. Like with Bonzo and Stilson no one can say that they did not start the fight. Especially with Bonzo because he wanted Ender dead. Ender just wanted to end the fight, so he ended that fight and all the ones after it by doing what he did. Ender was tricked into killing off an entire species. When Ender realizes what just happened, that he killed not only the army but the children of the biggers, he is horrified at what he has done. “I didn’t want to kill them all. I didn’t want to kill anybody! I’m not a killer! You didn't want me, you bastards, you wanted Peter, but you made me do it, you tricked me into it!”(Ch.14, Pg.391)(Excuse the language it is a quote). So we can’t blame Ender he was tricked into it and felt terrible after it. A lot of people think Ender is a good child. Graff is very enthusiastic about Ender and rarely ever has something bad to say about Ender. The only person who seems to be the hardest on Ender is himself. He is so worried on becoming his brother, Peter, that he is so hard on himself to make sure he does not turn into

Throughout the book Ender grows and changes as a person. In the beginning of the book, Ender can be seen as anxious, or immature. This is shown on page 29, Ender is wanting the comfort of his family during the lauch. This is very similar to the way that a child going to school for the very first time acts. This is because of the abrupt changes happening in both scenarios. As the book goes on, Ender realizes that not only is he smart, but that he is also a player in the School's game. At times, Ender feels as if he is unwanted, or that he needs to cry. Realizing that he is an immediate target if he is caught crying, Ender controlls his emotions, and moves on by keeping his emotions hidden. By the end of the book, Ender has matured as a person.

The main conflict clarifies that the buggers (antagonist) are going to attack Ender’s planet (protagonist) and he and his fellow peers have to defeat them. So, they won’t ever attack them again. But the foremost of the whole novel is to stick up for yourself. Ender faces many hardships of bullying and people picking on him. So, he fights back. The struggles helps him throughout the book along with the other sufferings. However, if the reader starts to read more to the end, they finally realize the enemies weren’t really the enemies at all.

The story has many settings. The first of which takes place sometime in the future somewhere on Earth where there is a constant threat of a bugger invasion and having a third child is considered bad which made life a lot harder for Ender which was one of many reasons why he left to Battle School. The setting then moves to the spaceship which Battle School is on which doesn’t really need to be on a spaceship unless Orson Scott Card wanted the spaceship to help with the feeling of isolation. As the story progresses the setting moves to the planet Eros which is where he will be fighting the Buggers thinking he is just in a simulation but he is really fighting the Buggers.

Ender has been through a drastic amount, since he went to space. There are three things in particular that have happened that made him change, grow or learn a lesson. The first being when Bonzo slapped him in front of everyone, the second when Rat battled the Centipede army, last was the time Ender got into a fight with 4 older boys.