Ender's Game: Comparing The Book And The Movie

All in all there were many things different about the book compared to the movie.

Some similarities are Ender’s brother, Peter, is mean to him and in the movie, and peter acts the same in the book too (pg 10-11). Also, in the movie and in the book the adults lied and manipulated Ender to kill all of the buggers for them (pg 314). Finally, in

One of the most noticeable differences was Ender’s age. Ender in the book was asked to go to battle school when he was six years old, in the movie Ender looked almost 14 by the time he arrived at battle school. Also, towards the end of the movie when Ender was supposed to be almost 20, he looked the same age as he was when he

In Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, many character differences are scene in both the movie and novel, the most notable change is seen in the development of Ender. The movie shows Ender not killing Stilson and Bonzo. Ender also yells for help when he seriously hurts Bonzo during a fight. Ender forms a connection with another Launchie named Bean. Ender, a brilliant child, loses one of the simulation battles.

Ender’s Game is a well known science-fiction genre book that is most popular with the young-adult reader demographic. The novel was published in 1985 and written by the American author Orson Scott Card (Card). The official website of Orson Scott Card states that Ender’s Game was the winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards for best novel in 1985 and 1986, respectively (OSC). In November of 2013 the movie adaption was released to the public with a runtime of one hour and fifty-four minutes and was met with mixed reviews garnishing only a “74% fresh” on the movie critics site rottentomatoes.com (Rotten). Like many

Valentine does not seem like someone to change drastically, yet she not only changes, but also grows and matures. In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Valentine Wiggins is Ender’s older sister, and the second child in the Wiggins family. Valentine is smart, caring, and defends Ender when he was being attacked by their older brother Peter before Ender went to battle school. She is the most affected by Ender’s departure. She never forgot him and awaited his return from battle school. Despite Valentine’s beautiful and kind depiction, when Ender leaves she grows distant from Ender, she is deceived by others, and she learns about herself.

One important difference was Valentine and Peter takes control of the earth by using the names of Demosthenes and Locke in the novel. This is important because it not only showed us Enders’ story but the people closest to him as well and it also enhanced the story by giving it a different element. Another key difference was Ender not getting traded to Rabbit Army in the movie. This is significant because Dink helped Ender continue his development and in honing his skills as well as becoming a better leader and commander. The most important difference has though been Ender getting to govern the new colonies in the novel. This is huge because it shows Enders maturity and wisdom that he has gained through the ups and downs that he has experienced in his

For this unit, I have started reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I predict that equality is a human rights issue covered in this book. In chapters one through three, there are examples of inequality in social class and gender. After Ender gets his monitor removed, “his secret enemy called him names”(Card 28). Other children mock Ender for being a Third, the third child in a family. Even Ender’s brother, Peter, taunts him by saying, “You’re a Third, turd. You’ve got no rights”(37). Chapter three expresses how Thirds are at a disadvantage because “Only the first two children had a free education. Taxes steadily rose with each new child”(40). Everyone in society seems to think Thirds are disgraces to families. This idea might affect Ender

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly,” John F. Kennedy. This quote holds true throughout Ender’s Game because Ender is constantly pushed toward success by Colonel Graff. Ender overcame difficult odds when the games in the battle room were stacked heavily against him. The novel Ender’s Game is about a boy with a calling for leadership. He leaves his family behind for the greater good of humanity in the war against the Buggers. At battle school, Ender learns the basics of military strategy, also how to make friends since he was always isolated for being a third child. The book does a better job of telling the story than the movie because there is more detail and the book is not rushed.

There are two significant differences involved between the book and the movie that weakened the film. One being how in the video it did not show how Ender struggled with battle school, and how he got through it through hard work and many challenges throughout it all. In the movie, it jumped past many struggles Ender had undergone while working his way up the standings. It seemed he was more gifted in the movie than in the book where it took doubling up practice to get better. The second major difference shown in the movie was not showing what was going on back at Earth with Valentine and Peter. It never showed or referred to Ender's siblings at all after the beginning of the movie. It did not even say anything about Peter, and how he has taken over the Earth. as well the letter that Peter has sent Ender. This weakens the movie because that is the main reason why Ender cannot return home, because that is where Peter

The plot of the book and movie Ender’s Game differed in several key ways. Firstly, in the movie, Peter and Valentine’s Locke and Demosthenes never show up or seem to play a part. If the reader also reads the Shadow series, a parallel series documenting Bean’s story, Peter’s Locke and Demosthenes personas become important during Peter’s bid to take over the world. But the movie never mentioned them except in relation to Ender. Secondly, an element of romance between Ender and Petra boils below the surface of the film, which never occurred in the book. Petra and Ender a relationship that stuck exclusively to friendship. Lastly, the entire end sequence

Enders Game is a military science fiction novel. Set in Earths future, this book is based on life on Earth and space after two warlike conflicts with an insectoid alien species, the “buggers” and Earth. While the people of Earth are preparing for a third invasion, children everywhere are raised and trained from a very young age to “fight”. The government prepares these selected children with increasingly difficult “games” including some resembling a battle in a space-like environment with zero gravity. In these “games” is when Ender’s genius in battle is revealed to the government. Ender Wiggin, the main character is the third child in his family. In his family a cruel brother four years older,

Gavin Hood, the director of “Ender’s game’’ has made one of the best movies I have seen. In just about 3 hours he got into good detail of the book. Asa Butterfield, who plays Ender plays his character very well in the movie. Although some parts were left out from the novel, The movie is very detailed with the original story. The battle room is almost like how I pictured it in the book but much larger. I did not imagine the gates to be like how they were in the movie and how they battled was totally different from how I pictured it.

Ender’s Game is a book that I think everyone should read because it widens your outlook on outer space and what could happen in the future. It is a story about a boy named Ender Wiggin who is the third oldest in a family of geniuses. He is very special and different from the other kids. He gets opportunities to go into outer space and use his special powers in the military. He is even invited to go to Battle School, a military school on a ship far away from Earth. Ender even shows his ability to visualize gravitational effects and afterwards he is isolated from his peers because he is one of the best of the best. Ender becomes a ‘launchie’ along with his peers and makes a few new friends.

This novel is about a brilliant military strategist, Ender Wiggin, whose story takes place in the future where there is a constant threat of an invasion from aliens who have been given the slanderous nickname, Bugger. Ender’s childhood is not an easy one considering he gets teased at school for being a “third” only to come home to an abusive brother who is always harassing Ender and his sister Valentine and he has the weight of the world on his shoulders because they believe that he is the last hope for mankind to fight off the Buggers. After many years of monitoring Ender the International Fleet decides they want to recruit Ender into Battle