Ender's Game Response

After Ender’s important battle, they tell him that all of it was real and that he had actually defeated the buggers. Ender thinks to himself, “Real. Not a game. Ender’s mind was too tired to cope with it all. They weren’t just points of light in the air, they were real ships that he had fought with and real ships he had destroyed. And a real world that he had blasted into oblivion. He walked through the crowd, dodging their congratulations, ignoring their hands, their words, their rejoicing” (Card 297). When Ender realizes that they have been lying to him and using him as a weapon, he becomes angry. Ender yells at Graff and Mazer, “‘ 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!’” (Card 297). If Ender would have known that he would have killed people and creatures, he would not have gone to battle school in the first place. Death is very hard on Ender and he does not know how he can live with such a burden. Ender’s change in character is due to him being a victim of

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.

In Ender's Game it is never entirely clear who is a friend and who is an enemy. Graff, Anderson, and Rackham, who are undoubtedly Ender's friends, appear to him as enemies and are forced to do so. Peter attempts to befriend Valentine merely to get what he wants, but she never forgets that he is not a real friend.

Ender Wiggin is a round, dynamic, and explicit character. Throughout the story, he goes from being a clueless little kid, to a ruthless soldier who takes down a whole species of buggers. Ender’s biggest fear throughout the story was being like his older brother Peter; many things proved that he was exactly like him. They were both killers and they both were extremely smart. However, Ender has a major difference from his siblings; that difference is that he is a third child in a society where that is not allowed.

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

Graff set Ender up to be isolated and disliked by the group of boys by telling them that Ender is better and smarter than they are, making them feel stupid. “He’s going to be commander when you’re still in diapers up there.” (Card, page 32) Graff had purposely caused a boy to repeatedly hit Ender, who responded by grabbing ahold of the boy’s arm and flipping him over his seat. The boy broke his

I know you can't believe that these young boys are out of school to be in a battle? Be careful who you mess with because they can attack you right back the theme of Ender's Game is internal struggles are not always apparent therefore it's important not to judge one another because it can be hurtful, one may Outcast others and one may be proven wrong. Throughout Ender's Game, Ender is getting judged and it can be very hurtful and hard for him for example as can be found in the text it says that quote quote well no one wants a third anymore you can expect them to be glad. (card 22). This shows and draws attention to children because families are judged based on how many kids they have and how they act anybody can judge you or your child.

In the beginning of Ender’s game, we are introduced to Ender Wiggin. Ender Wiggin was a shy kid who was unaware of all of the possibilities he had. He starts to become a stronger more mature boy and soon enough realizes all the power he posses. He has an older brother named Peter, and an older sister named Valentine. He at first is this little, weak kid, and in five years goes from that to a mature leader of an army. We see him progress to the top of what he becomes, but it does not happen easily. He has to make many hard decisions that could go any which way.

Furthermore, Ender is sequestered from his launch group on the fly to Battle School by Colonel Graff setting him up as a higher-ranked and more intelligent individual than the others; accordingly, Ender is debarred from his peers. Graff calling everyone except Ender imprudent and inadequate causes a great disturbance in the recruit members. Some tempered children, like Bernard, gang up against him and torment Ender physically. As a result, everyone starts hating

I completely agree with everything you said. Ender never wanted to be anything like Peter. As a child, he was constantly bullied and he tormented by Peter. Your quote is interesting to me because it sums up what Ender was created for. Even though he is ruthless as Peter, he is also empathetic as sister, Valentine. One way he shows how ruthless he can be is when he beats up Stilson so badly and he continues to beat him even when he was on the ground and could not defend himself. When it was time to kill the buggers, he did not want to because he had grown attach to them and he does not want to hurt anyone. After the buggers were killed and everyone were celebrating, he was the only one not celebrating. He was both sad and angry because he

Ender Wiggin was a timid boy who wanted to have his brother and parents to love him. Prior to joining the Battle School, Ender did not have the belligerence that he would soon possess. He did not want to be like Peter, so

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 is a hero because he defeated the buggers in the invasion/war.'You beat them, and it's all over.' All over. Beat them. Ender didn't understand... 'Ender, you never played me... This was the Third Invasion... the battles were real and the only enemies you fought were the buggers.'" Card pg 296. This quote helps support my topic because it shows you don't have to be a certain age or a certain size to be a hero ender was a hero at age nine.This is a message from the author saying how you can be anything you want to be and the author shows that by making a 9 year old boy a war/invasion

The institutional space that Ender trains under affects his way of living and he doesn’t realize it. From the moment he was old enough to prepare for battle, his life goal has been to prepare for the future alien invasion. He had not been taught to live life,but to protect it. His life goal is the goal of the

     The novel Ender’s Game is written by Orson Schott Card. It is about a young boy who is sent to battle school. He meets friends and makes adversaries. In battle school, out in space, Ender, the young boy is a genius and is taught many tactics to destroy their prime enemy the buggers. He excels in school and battles his way into command school before the required age. There he is told he is battling buggers in simulations or is he? Throughout the novel, Ender is manipulated, bullied, and isolated, which creates many themes and messages. In this novel Ender’s Game the main theme is life is a game. Three characters that best prove this are Ender, Peter, and Bonzo.