Ender's Game Isolation Quotes

Stilson groaned and rolled away from him. Ender walked around him and kicked him again, in the crotch. Stilson could not make a sound; he only doubled up and tears streamed out of his eyes.”(7) This quote proves that ender had crossed the line between self defense to hitting the enemy. This is could have been avoided if he just ran and found an adult after he put stilson on the ground. It would have been handled better if he did not kick him after stilson was on the ground. Ender did not suffer any consequences for killing stilson. “"Do you have any explanation for your behavior, young man?" asked the officer. Ender shook his head again. He didn't know what to say, and he was afraid to reveal himself to be any more monstrous than his actions had made him out to be. I'll take it, whatever the punishment is, he thought. Let's get it over with. "Tell me why you kept on kicking him. You had already won." "Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too, right then, so they'd leave me alone."”(19) This quote satisfies the statement that the IF is corrupt because they did not punish ender instead they called this a test and passed him.

When Graff was trying to persuade Val to write a letter to Ender, he told her,"Isolation is – the optimum environment for creativity. It was his ideas we wanted, not the – never mind, I don't have to defend myself to you." (Ch.9 Pg 149). This quote says that a person’s creativity sprouts from isolation. An example of this would be when Ender was first isolated from his Launchy group from Bernard when he locked his own computer and did pranks on him to destroy his ‘kingdom’. This all happened because of Graff’s isolation idea in the beginning when he was introducing Ender. However, when Graff cut himself off of,”It was his ideas we wanted, not the - never mind, I don’t have to

139). In the beginning no one cared about little Ender Wiggin. Ender had no friends and he also had zero respect. Now right as Ender is getting more friends, everyone is giving him so much respect. He has improved so rapidly and people are almost scared of him, which leads to Ender getting all of this new respect. He feels like there is a wall between him and his friends, because now he has to relate to them on a whole new level. At first he could talk with them and be a kid around them, and now it is like people expect him to act and be more mature . Another quote that proves my point is “Ender Wiggin crying?” (Card. 151). He can not do things without people finding out, and they put him on such a high pedestal that Ender can not do certain things without getting

Young kids can be easily affected by their surroundings. They learn from the roles of their teachers and their fellow students and peers. This is clearly demonstrated in Ender’s Game, a science fiction novel written by Orson Scott Card. It shows how Ender Wiggin, a very young boy, is put into a position of leadership and what he learns through this experience, Through a computer game, Ender learns that he is a very clever killer. Through his experience as commander, Ender learns that being strict will help him be a better leader and win games. Finally, his experience with Shen and Bernard teaches Ender that having humor will easily allow him to make friends. Overall, Ender’s experience in Battle School teaches him many things about

On page 31, Card writes "The fear stayed, all throughout dinner as no one sat by him in the mess hall. The other boys were talking about things- the big scoreboard on one wall, the food, the bigger kids. Ender could only watch in isolation." Even in a new environment where he knows no one, Ender is still isolated and cannot manage to fit in with the other kids at battle school. As the story continues, Ender manages to make a few friends but he never becomes exceptionally close with anyone due to the fact that he is not like the others at battle school which the commanders such as Graff make very well known. Ender is much more intelligent and quick minded than the others, making his advancement in battle school quite rapid, leaving his acquaintances and the few he calls friends in his shadow. Ender's skills make him isolated since no one can even come close to defeating him, thus he cannot relate to his peers. At the beginning of Chapter 15; The Speaker of the Dead Ender, Ender is not brought back home to earth. Card formulates, " At first Ender believed that they would bring him back to Earth as soon as things quieted

Throughout Ender’s Game, Ender is isolated, kept apart from other children that could be friends. Ender is not the only one separated in the book though as there is Bean, Graff and Mazer Rackham. I am, writing this essay on how Isolation changed the people in Enders games behaviour and how it is the central theme of the book. The first paragraph will be on Ender's isolation, the next article will be on beans isolation, and the last one will be on Graff and Mazer. I will provide a quote then explain on each paragraph.

Sopheya Tarbell Nov. 9, 2017 Per. 4 Ender's Game Ender and Peter, although they are brothers, are they the same? Does Ender thinks he’s like him? Since before and after Ender left for battle school, we got to see what Ender and his siblings were like.

Ender knows he has to go because he had no choice, “ Your son has been cleared by the IF Selective Service. Of course we already have your consent, granted in writing at the time conception was confirmed”, (Card 20) Ender is told he has to go, and leaving with Mr.Graff would take a lot of courage because he would have to leave family and friends behind. It is going to be tough, but knowing that he is going to be away from Peter makes leaving so much more easier. Throughout the book, Ender acknowledges that he is the person to save the world, "The final step in your testing was to see what would happen if the monitor comes off. We don't always do it that way, but in your case--" (Card 19) was clueless about what would happen if the monitor came off.

Many years into the future, aliens are attacking planet Earth. The leaders of the world are tasked with finding the one who can save humanity and the person they chose is a six-year-old boy. This is the situation in Ender’s Game, a 1977 science fiction novel in which author, Orson Scott Card, points out multiple problems in today’s society. The two most prominent themes in Ender’s Game is “war as a game” and the “control of information” where isolation is thought of a the key.

The events mainly took place inside Battle School, where it was very plain and had very few decorations. The Battle School was described as “being on the Belt”, which is interpreted as being an orbiting school in space. Also, it was described as a school with “metal walls keeping out the cold of space”, showing how the bland decorations and indoor was used to represent how much control the adults had for every aspect of Ender’s and the other kids’ lives. Far away from his parents, Ender could do nothing but concentrate on training to be commander. By using this specific setting, the administrators could easily control Ender by cutting him off from the rest of the

Ender is six when he is taken to the battle school, and once he get there he is contently in simulation battle in the battle room or play games on his desk when he in the barrack. This is like in Carr’s essay where you are on the internet contently skimming article. He is competing in Battle with his team in the battle room at any time of day or night, and on his own desk computer playing a game when he is not fighting battle. . Ender is contently monitored without his knowledge in whatever he does. Ender is contently isolated from making friends with other children at the battle school. Every time he get close to someone on the army he commanded, Ender is transferred to another army where he know nobody. We he start try to make friends he is move again and again. This is done so he will concentrate all his energy on how to get better in each battle simulation that is develop by Colonel Graff and Mazer Reakham for Ender to compete in without Ender knowledge. As the battle get more and more difficult, like when Ender squid has to go up against two squids at the same time, but Ender always fines a way to win by figuring out the pattern in the Battles and using them to his advantage over his opponent. This isolation from

Ender’s Game is a novel about kids getting stripped of their childhood in order to be tested to see if the kids have enough intelligence and skills to go to the battle school. Futuristic Ender ha those skills and he is sent to battle school in order to become the next big leader and soldier. Card characterizes Ender as this altruistic child in order to reveal how isolating a juvenile can make them listen to others ideas and have magnificent listening skills. Using direct and indirect characterization, Card uses Ender’s thoughts, emotions, and body language to convey to his readers that not all the isolated kids end up like Graff or Peter personality-wise, they’re not these narcissistic people who think they are the biggest and strongest when they’re really not.

Ender is born into a family of highly intelligent people. As a child he is hated by his brother, Peter, along with other schoolmates and is protected by his sister, Valentine. He has to leave Valentine behind when he is taken away to Battle School, which is located on a ship very far away from earth so he can assist in the fight against the buggers. Ender shows off his extreme intelligence and is separated from the rest of the recruits by Colonel Graff of the International Fleet. Ender then becomes friends with a recruit name Alai. This aids Ender to make friends and fit in with people. Ender is noticed by the military commanders because of his dominance in “the mind game”. He is promoted to the Salamander Army shortly after.

Ender’s brother and sister had a very big influence on Ender, if it weren’t for them being so smart the International Fleet wouldn’t have authorized Ender’s birth and if it weren’t for Peter he wouldn’t have known how to cry silently and Valentine helped him cope with Peter while also teaching him how to love and helping him when he visits Earth right before going to Command School.

In the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, the story is told by Andrew Wiggin, more commonly know as Ender, lived a not so easy life as he was a “third” and many of the schoolmates around him would bully him because of this. His older brother Peter despised him, and his older sister Valentine tried her best to protect Ender from all of the hate around him. Ender got recruited into the international fleet at the age of 6 by Colonel Graff, there in Battle School, which was located in space far from earth, Ender exceed expectations within his training. During his time at battle school he quickly worked his way up the ranks. He made several friends while there, but for the most part stuck to himself. One of the most important friends he