Examples Of Deception In Ender's Game

In this battle against Rabbit Army, he was able to defeat them in just three minutes. In fact, since most other armies have the same core fighting style of Rabbit, Ender is able to beat almost any team. Even before any battle, however, Ender was already devising how to divide his teams, a major aspect of being a commander, and he is able to do it successfully, showing to readers (and Major Anderson, for that matter) that Ender has all the markings of a good commander. More specifically, Ender is a good strategist by being able to “think outside the

Further, Card incorporates sentiments of danger through the inner dialogue that he chooses to employ throughout the novel. By using the technique of inner dialogue, the reader can understand Ender´s thoughts when fighting Stilson. Ender thought to himself, “to keep them from taking him in a pack tomorrow. I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse” (Card 7). In conversing with himself, the statement, “I have to win this now, and for all time,” demonstrates Enders determination of hurting Stilson to the point to where he will not be able to bully him anymore. Cards statement “I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse” creates a sense of danger because the reader is anticipating what Ender is going to do to

Petra Arkanian and Dink Meeker are always Ender's friends, but at times he is uncertain of where they stand. But by far the most striking juxtaposition occurs with the buggers.

(Card 35). This quote from the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card foreshadows the

A huge part of the theme of Ender's Game is saying that life is just a game. This is proved by the concept that Ender has to succeed through different 'levels' of life in order to achieve what the battle school has set out for him-killing the buggers. This is proved by the quote,”-Because most boys in this school think the game is important for itself, but it isn't. Its only important, because it helps them find kids who might grow up to be real commanders.” This is the real point of the book in which Ender fully realizes that The Battle School is really just a game. The symbols of this main idea is the armies, friends, enemies, and leaders that Ender comes in contact with in the Battle School. All of the friends, enemies, armies, and leaders that Ender meet are all part of Ender

  First, the exposition introduces us to the setting which is a future Earth under attack from aliens called Buggers and also to the protagonist, Ender, a boy who displays both intelligence and a potential for violence. Ender is an ordinary boy who lives with his mother and father who lives in the futuristic world where the earth is under attack from aliens called Buggers. When Ender self-defends himself from bullies, people notice intelligence and violence in him. For this reason, the higher-ups recruit Ender to Battle School where he is trained for the Bugger Wars. This background

As he progresses through Battle school, Ender becomes increasingly disengaged from his classmates. During the first training session, he and his peers are exposed to the concept of null gravity, where Ender realizes that he can control how he perceives what is up and down and which way could be thought of as right or wrong. Having expressed these concepts, he is immediately praised by the teachers, who glorify his ideas as if Ender were genius, subsequently evoking feelings of jealousy in the other children. Ender is instantly the outcast; all his classmates quickly condemn him for being a teacher’s pet. It is, however, revealed later in the chapter that the behavior of the teachers was not coincidental, but that they were in fact creating a diversion between Ender and the class to bring about his own will. The teachers all agree amongst themselves; Ender can never “come to believe anybody will ever help him [or] think there’s an easy way out,” (Card, 70). This means that Ender’s instructors think that he should be independent, and therefore not have the opportunity to blame others for his actions. Card writes this to express his opinion that while a person can gain valuable experiences by working with others, it is only when a person is alone that they will truly strengthen their own will. He uses this to emphasize that too much reliance on others can be one’s downfall. This scene connects to the

First, an important theme in the novel is “The enemy is the only real teacher.” For instance, Mazer gave an important speech about the enemy to Ender. He said, “No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong.” (Card, 263). Furthermore, this quote

A prominent theme in Ender’s Game is manipulation. Manipulation is a prominent theme because Ender gets manipulated a lot, Ender manipulates people, Peter manipulates a lot of people , Colonel Graff manipulates a lot of people , and Ender’s team gets manipulated a lot too. Ender is manipulated by Mazer Rackham in his final test, Ender manipulates Bonzo to fight him one on one, Peter manipulates the world and becomes the leader of the world, Colonel Graff manipulates the kids, and Valentine manipulates Ender. The whole book is basically based on manipulation.

After Ender finished his graduation battle at command school, he and his commanders were thrilled, and when he finished he declared that he beat Mazer Rackham’s test. Mazer came down from where he was watching him and told Ender that, “[he] never played

In the book, Ender is pictured as a mature, young high-minded child. He is sympathetic even to those who threaten him. “I didn’t want to hurt him” (Card 213) he cried. Even though he knew Bonzo Madrid was coming after him, he still did not try to hurt him before hand to increase his chances of winning the fight. He hoped that a talk would lower Bonzo’s hatred for him.

With mostly boys around him, he seemed to have aimed for the top, winning the most games. But, since that arrogance followed him around, many of the other boys got annoyed with him. Some, like Bonzo and his goons, even tried to kill him at his most vulnerable. As a regular kid, Ender would’ve been squashed to a pulp. But, due to his training, and his strategic thinking, he actually won the fight with Bonzo. No normal, innocent kid would win against someone like Bonzo, but Ender did, because he’s seen too many outcomes of the same predicament, as he has won against many other foes in the past leading up to this

During training, Ender thought he was just playing a game with people in battle. Turns out, it was all real.

During the course of Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card, the main character Andrew Wiggin, also called Ender, is cruelly isolated in an exertion to make Ender the superlative probable commander for their war against the so-thought life-threatening buggers. Foremost, everyone intimidates him about being a Third, regardless of the fact Ender’s parents had received an entreaty from the government to have a third child. His fellow classmates bully him, and even his brother makes fun of Ender. This distressing treatment from everyone around him at the beginning of the book creates a hostile and lonely atmosphere for Ender to live in.

Instead of just limiting his thinking to the first battle, he thinks ahead to the next ones in order to achieve ultimate victory. By doing so, Ender sets a reputation for himself as someone not to be messed with. His character is developing into one that is more mature and wise. We will see this strategic thinking play out later on in his future encounters with the battles he partakes in.