Examples Of Ender's Game Morals

     Another character that best show the theme life is a game is Bonzo. Bonzo is Ender’s adversary. His life was also a game because he is an enemy, he has the advantage and he dies. Bonzo hated Ender the minute Ender stepped into Bonzo’s platoon. Right then and there Bonzo became Ender’s enemy. In many combat games there is an enemy who is trying to make it more difficult. Bonzo who is an enemy wanted Ender gone because Bonzo was jealous of Ender’s winning streak. Bonzo hated him and he was furious. On page 205, Crazy Tom questioned, “That some of the older boys want to kill you?” This quote refers to Bonzo and other soldiers. They are Ender’s enemy and they wanted to annihilate him. Every enemy’s goal is to destroy their victim and Bonzo tried with an advantage. Advantage is also another reason why life is a game. While playing games somebody always has the advantage. In this case Bonzo brought other soldiers to confront Ender. Page 207, bottom paragraph describes how seven boys were watching Ender in the showers. This example demonstrates the advantage that Bonzo has over Ender. Whether it is two against one or fighting soldiers without any weapons. Advantage is a contributing factor in games and that portrays how Bonzo’s life is a game. With an advantage a person might think you are going to win, but Ender thought differently. Ender overcame the odds and

2 major and reoccurring themes throughout Ender’s Game is manipulation and deception. Much of this novel is about how adults manipulate Ender into fulfilling their needs. They trick him, lie to him, and tell him just enough so that he can defeat the buggers. Ender pretty much sums this up when he says, “I've spent my life as someone's pawn" (Pg. 97). On one hand, it seems wrong to lie to and cheat a kid. On the other hand, the adults manipulate him to ensure the survival of the human race. Besides the manipulative relationship between the adults and Ender, there are a number of other relationships full of manipulation: Peter manipulates Valentine, Peter and Valentine manipulate the world, and

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is about a boy named Ender Wiggin. When he is 6 years old he is taken from his home to go train in a place called Battle School to fight aliens, or “buggers”. He learns to command an army and plays games to train for the battle against the buggers. When the game is over, Ender learns it isn’t a game at all and they have won the war against the buggers. Two themes in this books are “Life isn’t always going to be fair”, and “Make the best of what you have.” These two themes are in the book because Ender has to deal with having a horrible army to train and the teachers aren’t fair to Ender at all.

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

Ender did not have a good childhood. At the age of six he was changed from a little boy into a soldier in a six year old’s body. He was worked to the breaking point and even had a mental breakdown. Ender was take by th I.F. so that he could be trained to save the world, but he didn’t know that this involved, blocking all forms of contact with his family and being pushed to be perfect at everything until he had a mental break down. Somehow he managed to win the war, but as a result he became a young man with no friends and no life. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, demonstrates the effects of taking away children's rights by working them too hard, forcing them to solve every problem themselves, and are forced into armed combat against each other.

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.

These people wanted to manipulate Ender’s natural character by taking him from those he loves, Forcing him to depend only on himself and not need assistance from anyone. While this learned self-reliance looks good for the I.F, Ender will break after being detached from everyone he grew close to during this book. My point is the fact that it changes the way a person behaves, this passage explains how after they completed what they wanted to do (isolate him)he became depressed. I feel that a message the author was trying to send was that no compassion for the way someone else is feeling leads to ruthlessness. The people that were talking about Ender did not care for the fact that they were making a six year old depressed, this ruthlessness changed a shy boy into a sad, lonely

So he must rely only on himself, this being the only way that Graff believes Ender will be able to reach his fullest abilities. Just before lunch Ender heads to the showers and he finds himself surrounded by seven boys, with Bonzo as the leader. Ender quickly realizes that Bernard and the other boys aren’t the ones who are the threat; it is Bonzo who wants to kill him. He is able to use Bonzo's honor to convince him to face him alone. Bonzo strips down to face Ender on equal terms, “Naked and wet and alone, Ender, so we’re even” (209. Ender asks Bonzo not to hurt him to try and get him to attack. Bonzo jumps at him; Ender avoids the attack and hits Bonzo in the face with his head. He has injured Bonzo badly enough and Ender knows he should be able to walk away, but he does not want to have to fight a battle like this again. Ender realizes he must make Bonzo fear him more than he hates him. He knocks Bonzo to the ground and kicks him in the crotch. Bonzo is motionless, and does not even respond. Ender is in despair over how he hurt Bonzo, and begins to cry. After his fight with Bonzo, the worst event in Ender's life so far, Ender leaves

Viktor E. Frankl (who is he) once said “When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.” This quote suggests that sometimes things are out of one’s hands, and you must change your perspective to make a positive outcome of the situation. In Orson Scott Card's “Ender's Game”, the violent and manipulative environment that surrounds Ender leads him to become a cynical and jaded character. This demonstrates that children should be protected from such environments to preserve their innocence.

(p.208-209). It reveals that Ender, and Bonzo have a great hatred between each other and that by seeing how Ender provoke Bonzo in the bathroom also shows that Ender didn’t scare of Bonzo even though he’s older and that he had six friends to help him by saying he’s a pretty boy, but by Bonzo reaction to Ender’s provoke also tells that Bonzo is bully but with fairness that’s why he choose to taking off his clothes so that both would be naked and none would be unfair in the

Ender has been made an easy target because he is an outcast. His character is a smart boy who is constantly being bullied for something that can't be controlled by him. “No, no, I don't want your help. I can do it on my own, you little bastard, you little third” (Card 2). Ender is described from his brother Peter not important. That Ender is just a third kid and nothing else is important. Peter calls Ender a bastard only because Ender is smarter than Peter and Peter wants to be the smart perfect child.

A quote recorded shows how Ender risks himself to save a fellow squad member . “Ender had positioned himself so that when he launched he would rendezvous with that frozen soldier, he had just used as a missile. The boy wasn't frozen now, and he let Ender catch him, whirl him around and send him toward the door, unfortunately, the necessary result of the action was for Ender to head in the opposite direction, and at a reduced speed. Alone of all his soldiers, he was drifting fairly slowly, and at the end of the battle room where the older boys were gathered he shifted himself so he could see that all his soldiers were safely gathered at the far wall.” Ender shows what his squad members mean to him by sacrificing himself for the team. Not only did Ender sacrifice himself, but he proved himself as a leader to protect and serve his squad.

In Ender's game a boy named Ender Wiggin is sent to battle school at a very young age to learn how to become a commander in the military. Throughout the entire book the government seems to control everything. This reflects Orson Scott Card's communistic political views. The government controls how many kids’ families can have, and the government begins conditioning children to become military leaders at a very young age. Another underlying theme in this book is the idea of perfection.

Bonzo is the commander of the Salamander Army and keeps everyone in order and makes them fear him so that they will respect him and follow his orders. When Ender was promoted and met bonzo in the beginning he was tall and strong, and close behind them the rest of the people in the Salamander Army sat. Bonzo wanted nothing to do with him, he told him to remain by the door while the rest where in the battleroom, and that he didn't even want to know that he was there. What made Bonzo so mad is that Ender did not react or suffer by his rules, he

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